Books
Comstock, G., & Scharrer, E. (1999). Television: What’s On, Who’s Watching, and What it Means. San Diego, CA: Academic Press.
Comstock, G., & Scharrer, E. (2005). The Psychology of Media and Politics. San
Diego, CA: Elsevier/Academic Press.
Comstock, G., & Scharrer, E. (2007). Media and the American Child. San Diego: Elsevier/Academic Press.
Monograph
Scharrer, E., Weidman, L., & Bissell, K. (2003). Pointing the finger of blame:
News media coverage of popular-culture culpability. Journalism & Communication Monographs, 5(2), 49-98.
Journal Articles
Scharrer, E., & Bissell, K. (2000). Overcoming traditional boundaries: The role of
political activity in the coverage of First Ladies. Women & Politics, 21(1), 55-83.
Scharrer, E. (2001). From wise to foolish: The portrayal of the sitcom father,
1950s-1990s. Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media, 45(1), 23-40.
Scharrer, E. (2001). Men, muscles, and machismo: The relationship between
television violence and aggression in the presence of hypermasculinity. Media Psychology,3(2), 159-188.
Scharrer, E. (2001). Tough guys: The portrayal of aggression and hypermasculinity in televised police dramas. Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media, 45(4), 615-634.
Scharrer, E. (2002). An “improbable leap:” Newspaper coverage of Hillary
Clinton’s transition from first lady to Senate candidate. Journalism Studies, 3(3), 393-406.
Scharrer, E. (2002). Third-person perception and television violence: The role of
out-group stereotyping in perceptions of susceptibility to effects. Communication Research, 29(6), 681-704.
Cooks, L., Paredes, M.C., & Scharrer, E. (2003). Creating a space for “every
woman” at Oprah.com. Electronic Journal of Communication, 13(1).
Scharrer, E., Paredes, M., & Cooks, L. (2003). Media literacy as a community
service learning project. Communication Teacher, 17(4), 6-8.
Cooks, L., Scharrer, E., & Paredes, M. (2004). Rethinking learning in service
learning: Toward a communication model of learning in community and classroom. Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, 10 (2), 44-56.
Sun, C.F., & Scharrer, E. (2004). Staying true to Disney: College students’
resistance to criticism of The Little Mermaid. Communication Review, 7(1), 35-56.
Bergstrom, A., Paradise, A., & Scharrer, E. (2004). Introducing second graders to
media literacy. Academic Exchange Quarterly, 8(1), special issue on media literacy, pp. 294-298.
Scharrer, E., Cooks, L., & Ren, Q. (2004). A media literacy project on violence
and conflict. Academic Exchange Quarterly, 8(1), special issue on media literacy, pp. 256-260.
Scharrer, E. (2004). Virtual violence: Gender and aggression in video game
advertisements. Mass Communication & Society, 7(4), 393-412.
Scharrer, E. (2005). Hypermasculinity, aggression, and television violence: An
experiment. Media Psychology, 7, 353-376.
Scharrer, E. (2005). Sixth graders take on television: Media literacy and critical attitudes about television violence. Communication Research Reports, 24, 325-333.
Scharrer, E. (2006). “I noticed more violence:” The effects of a media literacy program on knowledge and attitudes about media violence. Journal of Mass Media Ethics, 21 (2), 70-87.
Scharrer, E., Kim, D., Lin, K., & Liu, Z. (2006). Working hard or hardly
working?: Gender and performance of chores in television commercials. Mass Communication & Society, 9(2), 215-238.
Scharrer, E., & Leone, R. (2006). I know you are but what am I? Young people’s perceptions about video game influence. Mass Communication & Society, 9(3), 215-238.
Scharrer, E., Bergstrom, A., Paradise, A., & Ren, Q. (2006). Laughing to keep from crying: Humor and aggression in television commercial content. Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media, 50(4), 615-634.
Scharrer, E., & Cooks, L. (2006). Violence, conflict, and community service-learning: Measuring impact on students and community. Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 11(1), 71-86.
Boulton, C., & Scharrer, E. (2006). Shifting currents in media awareness. Academic Exchange Quarterly, 10(3), 154-159.
Cooks, L., & Scharrer, E. (2006). Assessing learning in community service learning: A social approach. Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, 13(1), 44-55.
Scharrer, E., & Leone, R. (in press). First-person shooters and third-person effects: Early adolescents' perceptions of video game influence. Human Communication Research.
Book Chapters
Comstock, G., & Scharrer, E. (2001). Use of television and other film-related
media. In D. Singer & J. Singer (Eds.), Handbook of children and the media. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, pp. 47-72.
Scharrer, E., & Greenfield, T. (2002). Radio. In M.T. Inge & D. Hall (Eds.),
Handbook of American popular culture, New York, NY: Greenwood Press, pp. 1465-1501.
Cooks, L., Paredes, M., & Scharrer, E. (2002). There’s O Place like home:
Searching for community on Oprah.com. In M. Consalvo & S. Paasonen (Eds.). Women and everyday uses of the Internet: Agency and identity. New York, NY: Peter Lang, pp. 139-167.
Scharrer, E., & Comstock, G. (2003). Entertainment televisual media: Content
patterns and themes. In E.L. Palmer & B. Young (Eds.), Children and the faces of television. 2nd edition. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum, pp. 161-193.
Comstock, G., & Scharrer, E. (2003). The contribution of meta-analysis to the
controversy over television violence and aggression. In D.A. Gentile (Ed.), Media violence and children. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, pp. 205-226.
Comstock, G., & Scharrer, E. (2006). Media and popular culture. In I. Sigel & K.A. Renninger (Eds.), Handbook of child psychology, 6th ed., vol. 4. Child psychology in practice. New York: John Wiley and Sons, pp.817-863.
Cooks, L., Scharrer, E., & Morgan, M. (2006). Community service-learning research, and the public intellectual. In K. Kecskes (Ed.), Engaging department: Moving faculty culture from private to public, individual to collective focus for the common good.. Anker Publishing, Inc., pp. 159-171.
Scharrer, E. (2007). Closer than you think: Bridging the gap between media effects and cultural studies in media education theory and practice. In A. Nowak, S. Abel, & K. Ross (Eds.). Rethinking media education: Critical pedagogy and identity politics. Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press, pp. 17-35.
Cooks, L., & Scharrer, E. (2007). Communicating advocacy: Learning and change in the media literacy and violence prevention project. In L. Frey & K. Carragee (Eds.), Communication activism: Media and performance activism, Vol. 2. Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press, pp. 129-154.
Scharrer, E. (2007). Should we be concerned about media violence? In S.R. Mazzarella (Ed.), 20 questions about youth and the media. New York: Peter Lang, pp. 117-134.
Scharrer, E., Cooks, L., & Paredes, M.C. (accepted, in progress). The media literacy partnership: Putting communication theory into practice. Lowery-Hart, R., & Thomas-Maddox, C. (Eds.), Models of service-learning in communications. Boston, MA: Allyn & Bacon.
Scharrer, E., Cooks, L., & Paredes, M.C. (in press). A lesson plan for the analysis of media violence and conflict. In M. Christel & S. Sullivan (Eds.), Creating media-rich classrooms: New approaches for middle and secondary school teachers.
