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6. crime dramas can

  • promote fear
  • help promote empathy and action
  • do not promote anything good

7. desensitisation

  • a numbing of emotional response
  • increased emotional response

8. who is likely to be portrayed as a criminal

  • black men and women
  • white
  • black men
  • black women

9. what theory states we pay more attention to some crimes, ignoring others (due to media coverage)

  • cultivation hypothesis
  • social learning theory
  • desensitisation theory
  • deindividuation

10. early TV viewing and

  • large effect on sexual activity
  • criminal violence
  • no effect

11. early TV viewing and

  • no aggressive behaviour
  • murder
  • subsequent aggressive behaviour
  • current aggressive behaviour

12. relational aggression

  • damages social status and relationships
  • damages social status
  • damages relationships
  • is harmless

13. relational aggression is in what % of programmes

  • 90
  • 70
  • 60
  • 50

14. videogames incluence

  • children's cognitions
  • children's behaviour only
  • adults not children
  • only pre-aggressive children

15. why is crime a core component of media coverage

  • it is not
  • constant access of material
  • sometimes people tell media about crimes

16. children watch

  • 40 hours of TV per week
  • 60 hours tv per week
  • 1-2 hours of tv per day
  • tv more than adults