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Evolutionary psychology is an important and rapidly expanding area in the life, social, and behavioral sciences, and this Handbook represents the most comprehensive and up-to-date reference text in the field today. Chapters in this Handbook address real-world and practical applications of evolutionary psychology such as applications to medicine, psychiatry, law, and technology. The SAGE Handbook of Evolutionary Psychology is an essential resource for researchers, graduate students, and advanced undergraduate students in all areas of psychology, and in related disciplines across the life, social, and behavioral sciences. Part 1: Applications to Health and Well-Being, Part 2: Applications to Law and Order, and Part 3: Applications to Technology, Communications, and the Future.
Evolutionary Psychology and Mass Media
Evolutionary Psychology and Mass Media
When considering the topic of evolutionary psychology and mass media, the questions come very quickly. For example:
- As media has become more a part of human life, have humans adapted to it in an evolutionary sense, i.e. has natural selection had a chance to play a part in the way humans adapt to mass media?
- If survival and reproduction are the two evolutionary imperatives, which has been the bigger influence in the way media has developed in the last century?
- If men and women have different reproductive agendas, how has that affected the different ways that men and women use media?
- Are mass media and entertainment adaptations, or are they by-products ...
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