Table of Contents

1. Two Decades of Cultivation Research: An Appraisal and Meta-Analysis Michael Morgan and James Shanahan 2. The Impact of Foreign TV on a Domestic Audience: A Meta-Analysis Michel G. Elasmar and John E. Hunter 3. Selling the Sex That Sells: Mapping the Evolution of Gender Advertising Research Across Three Decades Vickie Rutledge Shields 4. Public Relations and the Production of News: A Critical Review and Theoretical Framework Glen T. Cameron, Lynne M. Sallot and Patricia A. Curtin 5. Public Opinion as a Normative Opinion Process Carroll J. Glynn 6. Attitude Accessibility and Persuasion: Review and a Transactive Model David R. Roskos-Ewoldsen 7. Participation in Small Groups Joseph A. Bonito and Andrea B. Hollingshead 8. Social and Communicative Anxiety: A Review and Meta-Analysis Miles L. Patterson and Vicki Ritts 9. The Development of Social and Communicative Competence in Childhood: Review and a Model of Personal, Familial, and Extrafamilial Processes Craig H. Hart, Susanne Frost Olsen, Clyde C. Robinson and Barbara L. Mandleco 10. Communication and Cross-Sex Friendships Across the Life Cycle: A Review of the Literature Michael Monsour

About the Author

Brant R. Burleson