Media and Youth Culture Flashcards
What is the hypodermic syringe model theory?
Says that the media is like a syringe that directly injects its audience with messages
Who created the Hypodermic Syringe theory?
Packard
Which study tested how media can create deviance in youths? Who made this study?
Which study tested how media can create deviance in youths? Who made this study?
What did the children in this experiment watch?
Watched a programme where adults abused an inflated doll
How did Bandura test if the children were influenced by the tape?
He let them do what they wanted with the Bobo doll themselves
How did the children behave towards the Bobo doll?
They kicked it and punched it and threw it in the air
How did the children abuse the doll differently to the adults?
They abused it in more violent ways than the adults had
What conclusion was made from the Bobo doll experiment?
Children seeing people enact violent behaviour makes them more violent than the behaviour presented in the media
What did Newson argue about children’s exposure to media violence?
They would become desensitized to violence and be more likely to do it
What is an example of children being desensitized to violence and then doing it?
James Bulger case, the two children that killed him had watched violent media from a young age
