Violence in the Media
- Created by: Amelia.Page
- Created on: 22-03-19 08:37
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- Violence in the media
- violent imagery in the media has been blamed for many incidents of real life violence.
- James Bulger case.
- Anderson and Newson both claimed that exposure to violent media leads to violent and aggressive behaviour both short and long term.
- Cumberbatch: The link between violence and violent imagery is nothing more than press speculation (moral panics)
- Broadcasting Standards Commission: Children are sophisticated media users and are fully aware of the difference between that shown in the media and real life.
- Bandura et al research: Bobo doll experiment.
- Popular claims.
- Copycatting / imitation
- Catharsis (resealing violent tension in virtual lives)
- Desensitization
- Sensitization
- Psychological disturbance
- Exaggeration of fear of violence
- Questions in the validity or research.
- How is media violence defined
- Based off the hypodermic syringe model (not objective)
- Cannot avoid the Hawthorne effect (demand characteristics)
- Short term effects are the only ones studied in great detail (lab studies)
- Cannot be separated from other factors influencing behaviour eg disposition.
- Almost everyone have been exposed to media violence
- No grantee that, in real life, people will watch the entire programme etc.
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