How fantasy becomes reality: seeing through media influence

1. Fantasy and Reality: A Primer on Media and Social Construction 2. Challenges and Opportunities of Growing Up in a Media-Saturated World 3. Media Violence: Scholarship versus Salesmanship 4. Media Stereotypes: The Social Construction of Race and Gender 5. Fantasy and Reality Revisited: More on How Media Mythologies Shape Our Social Realities 6. Advertising, Consumerism, and Health 7. Get with the Programming: Media Messages About Who We Are 8....