Abstract:Since the late 1950s, there have been a number of attempts to create more realistic models of the media effects process. For this purpose, transactional concepts have combined the stimulus–response paradigm and the uses and gratifications approach. This entry traces how those models have developed. Reasons for a major standstill since the 1980s in building general models for media effects are discussed.
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