Media - The Media Content, Presentation and Audiences - Hypodermic Syringe Model

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  • Created on: 21-11-19 17:23
What does the hypodermic syringe model claim?
That there is a direct link between violence in the media and violence in real life
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Who do the hypodermic syringe model believe are vulnerable to media content due to impressionability?
Children and teenagers
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Who did a study supporting copycat and imitation violence?
Bandura - Bobo Doll
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Who criticised the Bobo Doll lab study for invalid results due to artificiality and researcher bias?
Gauntlett
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What is the disinhibition and who argued the media has a disinhibition effect on children?
The concept that children are convinced normal rules can be disregarded e.g. instead of discussion, turn to violence - McCabe + Martin
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what is meant by catharsis?
Media is a safe outlet for aggressive impulses (Fesbach + Sanger)
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Who argued for sensitisation - the idea that by viewing so much violence within media people are made to feel my empathetic and less violent?
Ramos
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Who argued that children are sophisticated media users and can distinguish between real and cartoon violence?
Hargrave
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Media was blamed for the 1999 Colorado shooting by two males students. What is this called and what did Marlyn Mason reply to this argument with?
Scapegoating. MM said it was actually government violence rather than media violence, pointing out the bombing in Vietnam
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Who criticised the Bobo Doll lab study for invalid results due to artificiality and researcher bias?

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