PSYA4 - Media Psychology

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Leyens et al (1975)
Divided juvenile delinquents into two groups - aggressive/non-aggressive boys. Half of each watch violent and half non-violent films. Increase in aggression among those watching violent films.
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Josephson (1987)
Found boys who watched a violent programme involving communication via walkie-talkies, were more aggressive than those who watched a non-aggressive film when subsequently receiving instructions via walkie talkie in an ice hockey game.
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Drabman and Thomas (1974)
Found children viewing violent films showed less emotional response and more tolerance of subsequent violence.
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Sprafkin et al (1975)
Young children who watched an episode of Lassie where a child rescued a dog were more likely to help puppies in distress than this who watched a neutral programme.
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Holloway et al (1977)
Participants who 'overheard' pro-social message on radio in waiting room before participating in study involving bargaining were more cooperative in bargaining.
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Moeller (1999)
Reported how after media appeals for donations of help of a victim disaster, donations to similar media appeals would decrease.
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Matthews et al (2006)
Adolescents randomly assigned to play violent video game had increased amygdala activity (associated with emotions) and decreased prefrontal lobe activity (regulates inhibition, self-control and concentration).
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Kestenbaum and Weinstein (1985)
Found computer games had calming effect in helping to manage conflict and discharged aggression by allowing open expression of competition.
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Valkenburg and Peter (2009)
Social network sites encourage and permit communication and relationship building.
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Daft et al (1987)
Found computer mediated communications negatively affect feedback levels, communication cues, language variety and personal focus - all important in communicating and negotiating.
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Hovland and Weiss (1951)
Found more attitude change produced in participants reading an article about building a nuclear submarine supposedly written by an expert, rather than by low credibility source.
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Sinclair et al (1991)
Students supported a message about the need for exams if it was given on a sunny rather than cloudy day, regardless of the strength of the message.
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Petty and Cacioppo (1986)
Found central processing leads to longer-lasting attitude change than peripheral processing, as it involves more time and cognitive effort.
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Berscheid and Walster (1974)
Physically attractive sources, such as sports stars, make messages persuasive, especially if messages concern less involving topics.
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Belch (1982)
Studied cognitive effects of advertising repetition for tv commercials in a 1-hour programme. Found attitudes and purchase intentions weren't affected by message repetition and cognitive responses became more negative as exposure frequency increased.
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Judd and Alexander (1983)
Found brand names and product information were better recalled by male and female college students from sexually-suggestive advertisements than non-suggestive ones.
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DeBacker et al (2007)
Conducted survey of 838 participants and 103 interviews. Found the younger a person, the more they 'learn' from celebrities and the greater the media exposure, the more celebrities are seen as belong to people's social networks.
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Dunbar (1997)
Reported two-thirds of conversation is spent on social topics.
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Fieldman (2008)
Found females find male celebrities attractive because of qualities advertising toughness, stamina and high levels of testosterone.
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McCutcheon et al (2002)
Found negative correlation of -0.4 between amount of education and amount of celebrity worship.
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Gabriel (2008)
Have 348 students 11-item questionnaire measuring self-esteem, asked them to write an essay on their favourite celebrity then repeat questionnaire. Those who scored low on self-esteem scored much higher after writing the essay.
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Kienlen et al (1997)
Found 63% of stalkers had experienced change or loss of PCG during childhood. Over 50% reported childhood emotional, physical or sexual abuse by PCGs. 80% had also experienced death/loss in 7 months prior to start of stalking behaviour.
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Mullen (2008)
Scrutinised 20,000 incidents of stalking the British royal family, finding 80% were by persons with psychotic disorders.
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