addictive media

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  • social psychological explanation 2: the role of the media
    • the role
      • social learning theory
        • Bandura.Role models and vicarious reinforcement. e.g. Bobo Doll experiment. in the case of media the role model is a celebrity . vicarious reinforcement they are getting rewarded.
      • how the media portrays addiction
        • exposure to addictive behaviours in the media
          • lyons et al- alcohol use was seen in 86% of UK films, 40% of TV programmes.
          • glantz et al - 1950-2002 found although smoking decreased in 1950- 1982 this increased up to 2002 to similar levels in 1950.
        • vicarious reinforcement
          • Gunasekera - 87 of top 200 movies found smoking and alcohol to be common and portrayed positive
      • whether exposure has effects
        • Hainwinkel -
          • Europeans. hadn't ever drank. didn't intend on. 12 year follow 40% drank. 9% binged
        • Wellman et al
          • tobacco advertising and use of cigarettes in films. media promoting caused positive attitudes
    • evaluations
      • difficulty establishing cause and effect
        • pechmann and shih - experimental method to assess effect of smoking portrayal on attitudes towards smoking those who were shown the videos had a positive attitude
      • positive effect of the media
        • death of amy winehouse
        • in pechmann and shih study effects of smoking cancelled out by anti-smoking advert beforehand
      • low in population validity
        • adolescents
        • Jamieson and Romer - trends in tobacco use on TV comparing to rate of smoking in the USA. adverts cause relapse.
      • adolescents view in the role of the media
        • peers more influential
          • Atkinson et al

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