Violence In The Media Flashcards
How would the Cultural Effects Model view the effects of media violence?
Those who are violent have had previous experience of violence, or have tendencies to be violent. Exposure to media violence may not be the only cause for aggression in reality.
How would the Two-Step Flow view the effects of media violence?
The Two-Step Flow would claim that opinion leaders influence people’s view of violence and how they would react to media violence
How would the Hypodermic Syringe Model view the effects of media violence?
(And linked claim)
The Hypodermic syringe model would claim that media violence has IMMEDIATE EFFECTS on people, causing them to BEHAVE more AGGRESSIVELY.
linked claim: ‘copycatting’.
How would the Selective Filtering Model view the effects of media violence?
People can filter what kind of content they see. Selective Exposure-They have a choice to ignore the media violence that they are being exposed to.
How would the Uses and Gratifications model view the effects of media violence?
That people use violent media eg. Violent video games to escape reality and let out anger, as a form of catharsis.
Who said that…Violent videos could lead to violent actions
Report by Newson
The report by Newson has no real evidence
Their findings are a mere speculation, fuelled by the popular press
Cumberbatch
Children are fully aware that TV is a process & not reality
They’re not ‘blank sheets of paper’ in which ‘messages can be imprinted’.
BSC (Broadcasting Standards Commission report 2003
More than 1k studies show that the link between watching media violence and being violent in reality is “not proven”
Hagell&Newburn
Children who show violent tendencies are violent anyway, regardless of TV watching
Newborn and Hagell
Who said that…Report by Newton clearly shows that media violence INCREASES THE CHANCES of aggressive behaviour, both long and short term
Anderson et al
the four main features of the uses and grats theory?
1) Information
2) Entertainment
3) Social intergratiom
4) Personal identity
