Violence and The Media Flashcards
violence - what culture is violence a part of?
popular culture
peoples are exposed to it due to new media
violence - what makes violence interactive?
digital technology
violence - what do constant moral panics lead to?
effects of violent media blamed for increasing crime and violence in society
violence - real-life evidence
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
violence - newson
violent videos lead to violent actions
theres a link between video violence and real-world violence
gaines enormous media attention
violence - cumberbatch (criticism of newson)
newson findings were speculation fuelled by popular press
found evidence that violence on TV caused violence in society to be weak
violence - anderson (research for)
research showed media violence increased the likelihood of aggressive behaviour immediately & long-term
violence - research against
review of 1000 studies
link between media violence and violent behaviour was not proven
children that displayed violent tendencies had so regardless of media
violence - effect on children
sophisticated media users
aware that television is not reality
violence - imitation
media violence causes children to copy what the see and behave aggressively
bandora’s bobo doll study
violence - catharsis
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
violence - desensitisation
repeated exposure has a drip-drip long-term effect
socialising people to gradually accept culture of violence as a normal way of solving problems
violence - sensitisation
exposure can make people more sensitive to the consequences of violence
less-tolerant of real-life violence
violence - what does violence cause?
psychological disturbances; nightmares, anxiety
may be long-term
violence - exaggeration
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
problems researching violence - isn’t cause-and-effect relationships
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
problems researching violence - ethical & validity issues
with exposing samples of media violence in artificial laboratory conditions to see if they behave violently
problems researching violence - defining media violence
difficult as different researchers see violent scene differently
people able to distinguish between real-life and fictional violence
problems researching violence - what model research is based on?
hypodermic syringe model
doesn’t deal with how people interpret texts and their influences
problems researching violence - hawthorne effect
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
problems researching violence - laboratory experiments
measures immediate effects not long-lasting ones
can’t prove media effects caused media violence due to other social explanations
problems researching violence - comparison impossible
media-saturated society
finding people that haven’t been exposed to media violence to compare people that have impossible
