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Is time of the essence? A temporal meta-synthesis of seven media effects theories.

The media effects discipline has bequeathed scholars with an endlessly pliable set of theories helping establish the field of communication. Recent decades, however, witnessed a growing chorus of criticism pointing to theories' anachronistic nature to suggest that ideas once known for their original...

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Published in:Journal of Communication Vol. 76; no. 1; pp. 8 - 20
Main Authors: Walter, Nathan, Dobmeier, Christopher, Rains, Stephen A, Feeley, Thomas Hugh, Noar, Seth M
Format: Article
Published: Oxford University Press / USA Feb2026
Subjects:
Media effects theory (Communication)
Mass media influence
Frames (Social sciences)
Communication methodology
Communications research
Meta-synthesis
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