Violence and The Media

Question 1

violence - what culture is violence a part of?

Answer 1

popular culture

peoples are exposed to it due to new media

Question 2

violence - what makes violence interactive?

Answer 2

digital technology

Question 3

violence - what do constant moral panics lead to?

Answer 3

effects of violent media blamed for increasing crime and violence in society

Question 4

violence - real-life evidence

Answer 4

two 10-year-old boys murdered 2-year-old james bulger because they were exposed to violent video films (1993)
however, it isn’t certain that they watched the violent media in question

Question 5

violence - newson

Answer 5

violent videos lead to violent actions
theres a link between video violence and real-world violence
gaines enormous media attention

Question 6

violence - cumberbatch (criticism of newson)

Answer 6

newson findings were speculation fuelled by popular press

found evidence that violence on TV caused violence in society to be weak

Question 7

violence - anderson (research for)

Answer 7

research showed media violence increased the likelihood of aggressive behaviour immediately & long-term

Question 8

violence - research against

Answer 8

review of 1000 studies
link between media violence and violent behaviour was not proven
children that displayed violent tendencies had so regardless of media

Question 9

violence - effect on children

Answer 9

sophisticated media users

aware that television is not reality

Question 10

violence - imitation

Answer 10

media violence causes children to copy what the see and behave aggressively
bandora’s bobo doll study

Question 11

violence - catharsis

Answer 11

media violence reduces violence as its a way to express violent tendencies in the fantasy world
ferguson; more people playing video games associated wth decline in violence in society

Question 12

violence - desensitisation

Answer 12

repeated exposure has a drip-drip long-term effect

socialising people to gradually accept culture of violence as a normal way of solving problems

Question 13

violence - sensitisation

Answer 13

exposure can make people more sensitive to the consequences of violence
less-tolerant of real-life violence

Question 14

violence - what does violence cause?

Answer 14

psychological disturbances; nightmares, anxiety

may be long-term

Question 15

violence - exaggeration

Answer 15

fear of violence exaggerates
leads people to believe we live in a violent society
those exposed to greater amounts of violence overestimate risks being victimised, assume neighbourhood unsafe & crime rate is increasing

Question 16

problems researching violence - isn’t cause-and-effect relationships

Answer 16

link between media violence and violent behaviour

• aggressive people may watch violent programmes (selective exposure)
• violent programmes may make views more aggressive (media effects)
• social circumstance make people more aggressive so watch more violent television

Question 17

problems researching violence - ethical & validity issues

Answer 17

with exposing samples of media violence in artificial laboratory conditions to see if they behave violently

Question 18

problems researching violence - defining media violence

Answer 18

difficult as different researchers see violent scene differently
people able to distinguish between real-life and fictional violence

Question 19

problems researching violence - what model research is based on?

Answer 19

hypodermic syringe model

doesn’t deal with how people interpret texts and their influences

Question 20

problems researching violence - hawthorne effect

Answer 20

participants change their behaviour when they’re aware of the subjects of the research
appearance/gender of observer has an effect
if aggressive behaviour has an approval researcher

Question 21

problems researching violence - laboratory experiments

Answer 21

measures immediate effects not long-lasting ones

can’t prove media effects caused media violence due to other social explanations

Question 22

problems researching violence - comparison impossible

Answer 22

media-saturated society

finding people that haven’t been exposed to media violence to compare people that have impossible