Media and

Violence

Aaron Chan, Amy Mousavi, Jenny Qi

January 8/2010

York Mills C.I

Media influences on children and adolescents: Violence and sex

Violence at high 5.7% per 100, 000 population in the U.S.

Violence has been largely accepted by society (e.g. Bugs Bunny cartoons)

Media desensitization of violence

Canadian study on preschoolers aggressive personality

Earles, K A; Alexander, Randell; Johnson, Melba; Liverpool, Joan; McGhee, Melissa. (2002, September 1). Media influences on children and adolescents: Violence and sex. Journal of the National Medial Association. Retrieved October 22, 2009, from: http://elibrary.bigchalk.com/

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Media influences on children and adolescents:

Violence and sex

Nature Versus Nurture - external influence on child’s development

Psychology - change in mental process and the human condition

Sociology - development of social life and impact on society per se

Stereotyping on Television - inaccurate portrayals

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American Academy of Paediatrics: Committee on Public Education

Hypothesis

Children and adolescents are at risk through perpetual exposure

Method

Historical research

Official statistics

Conclusion

10, 000 hours of T.V. – 61% contained violence

Grades 4 to 8 – preferred violent video games

Parents must be proactive

Age 18 – 200, 000 violent acts witnessedMedia violence. (American Academy of Pediatrics: Committee on Public Education). Nov 2001 v108 i5 pl222(5)Pediatrics. 108, 5. p.1222(5). Retrieved November 10, 2009, from Academic OneFile via Gale: www.gale.cengage.com

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Media as a socialising agent

Nature versus nurture

Conformity

Stereotypes in media

Ethics in media

American Academy of Paediatrics: Committee on Public Education

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Guns, Lies and Video

1000 studies that demonstrated a link between media violence and real aggression

Study analysis Kids who watched more TV were more

likely to acted aggressively by age 22

Violent vs. Non-Violent Movie activated right posterior cingulate

Greater parental awareness & control

Wright, Karen. Gun, Lies, and Video (2003, April). Discover, P. 28. Retrieved on November 4, 2009from Canadian Points of View Reference Centre EBSCOhost database <http://search.ebscohost.com>

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Justification & Relation

Cognitive Process Nature vs. Nurture Socialization Agent Conclusion and analysis of many studies Discover Magazine

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The relationship between virtual & actual aggression: youth exposure to

violent media

Levermore, Monique A., and Gina L. Salisbury (Summer 2009). Therelationship between virtual & actual aggression: youth exposure to violent media. The Forensic Examiner. Retrieved November 14, 2009, fromGale Academic Onefile Database. <http://find.galegroup.com>

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Hypothesis: exposure to violent media such increased the likeliness of aggression and can be learned through direct interaction or observation of forms of media

Method: Controlled experiment 6 instruments used (questionnaires and scale ratings)

Conclusion:• Significant associations exposure to violent media and aggression• Individuals learn aggressive responses in much the same manner they learn other social behaviours (observation or through direct experience)

Justification & Relation

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Nature vs. Nurture

Socialization Agent

Recent study

Forensic Examiners & Monique Levermore

Media: Ugly and Getting UglierSUMMARY

Content in media having a negative impact

Violent Crimes

Role Models

Content being viewed

78% increase in coarse language

61% of content glamorizes violence

Exposure to media: 6 to 8.5 hours per day

V-chip: a solution to the problem (restriction on the content)

Amy

eLibrary search: http://elibrary.bigchalk.com/elibweb/curriculumca/do/document

Media: Ugly and Getting UglierRELATION

Psychology- “Scientific study of behaviour of humans” Pavlov’s Experiment Conditioning- “learning in which person responds to stimulus in a way

the does not elicit that response’ Norm- “rules that indicate what people should do or how they should

act”

Amy

eLibrary search: http://elibrary.bigchalk.com/elibweb/curriculumca/do/document

Equity of violent reprisal in professional wrestling and its dispositional and

motivational features

Hypothesis unjustified violence protagonist motive influences perception

Method just/unjust inhibit behaviour analyzing programming (e.g. WWE Smackdown

and WWE Raw) violence detected and coded (sample 36 hours)

Conclusion 31.5 violent acts/hour 21.14 acts not associated with the show Viewers accepting violence as normal behaviour

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Knowledge Ontario database search: http://infotrac.galegroup.com/galenet/ko_k12pr

TermsMass Media: its affect and role in society

Conditioning: affect on individual’s thinking

Nature/Nurture: Which affects violent behaviour?

Socializing Agent: Is media considered a socializing agent?

Type of studies

Equity of violent reprisal in professional wrestling and its dispositional and

motivational features

Amy

Knowledge Ontario database search: http://infotrac.galegroup.com/galenet/ko_k12pr

Hypothesis We believe that:

Majority of the respondents would agree media has an overwhelming influence

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Data Analysis

45%

6%

2%

10%

37%

Increase Slowly

Increase Dramatically

Decrease Slowly

Decrease Dramatically

Remained the same

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Q: Violence in the past twenty years has:

Results show more than 4 out of every 5 people think that violence has increased over the past 20

years

Conclusion

Maj. thought violence has increased

“I remember playing games with my younger brother all the time where we'd pretend to kill each other.”  

Maj. of rep. population were negative

T.V. and movie ratings do little to deter

Hypothesis proven correct

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Questions

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1. Why is video games believed to have more effect than television?

2. What is the name of the device that is meant to control the content of the programming?

3. By the age of 18, how many acts of violence will the average person have seen in the media?

Graphics BibliographyJQ

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