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6. What effect does 'Catharsis' have?

  • Become more violent in real life.
  • Exposure to media violence may result in reduced aggression.
  • Less Worried/Shocked about violence, less sympathetic.
  • Believe that the real world contains large amounts of pain and violence.

7. Which effect from the 'Media effects debate' portrays the world as a place with large amounts of pain and violence, and therefore change the way people view the environment?

  • Catharsis
  • Direct effect
  • Mean world syndrome
  • Desensitation

8. Which 'Media effect' can be supported by Bandura's BOBO Doll experiment?

  • Direct Effect
  • Catharsis
  • Desensitation
  • Mean World Syndrome

9. which media theorist supported 'Interactive Audience Theory'?

  • Henry Jenkins
  • Laura Mulvey
  • Stuart Hall
  • Livingston & Lunt

10. What effect does 'desensitisation' have?

  • Exposure to media violence may result in reduced aggression.
  • Less Worried/Shocked about violence, less sympathetic.
  • Believe that the real world contains large amounts of pain and violence.
  • Become more violent in real life.