Media

Question 1

Albert bandura and social learning theory

Answer 1

Writing in the 60s, Albert bandura claimed that here was a direct link between exposure to watching violent imagery which he calls copycat behaviour. Bobo doll experiment

Question 2

Hyperdermic syringe model

Answer 2

Early Marxist theories suggest that ht media act as a drug directly injected into peoples minds and effecting their beliefs. Children are seen as particularly vulnerable because they are less able to tell the difference between reality and fiction in children s TV, violence is shown as heroic with people solving problems through fights rather than sitting down and discussing issues as adults should do.

Question 3

Bulimic society-jock young

Answer 3

British criminologist jock young argues that the media is partly responsible for criminality young argues that the media has created a bulimic society, one with constant hunger and desire to binge on everything such as designer brands, overconsuming the internet and social media, wealth and status but at the same time are excluded form its realisation. Young argues that this can explain criminality among youths from deprived backgrounds.