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The document discusses three theories related to the effects of media violence: 1) Copycat theory suggests that exposure to violent media can indirectly influence criminal behavior as some individuals may imitate violent acts they see portrayed. 2) Desensitization theory proposes that repeated exposure to media violence can make viewers more accepting of real-world violence as the emotional impact lessens. 3) Cultivation theory examines television's long-term influence on attitudes and behaviors, with some concern that violent programming was shaping views in American culture similar to how religion once did.
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Violence in the Media
Michelle Jose
Argosy University
March 19, 2015
Detailed Outline
a) Introduction
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Research Question: What is the relationship between level of exposure to the media and level of aggression in children between the ages 8-18?
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Implications: There have been accounted for instances of fierce animosity amongst the adolescent credited to TV chivalry and villainy.
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Hypothesis: There is a positive correlation to between level of exporsure to media and level of aggression in children between the ages of 8-18.
b) Literature Review
i. Chomsky, Noam & Herman, Edward (1988, 2002), stated that Assembling Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media. New York: Pantheon", as the most persuasive wellspring of social power, the media has a remarkable power in molding observations, state of mind, and practices.
ii. Durham, M. & Kellner, D. (2001), Media and Cultural Studies. UK: Blackwell Publishing. This publication has been studied in depth for years. It studies and analyzes the indicators of forceful conduct incorporate maxims, enthusiastic separation, and uninvolved forceful direct and in addition open presentations of roughness.
iii. In the article by Gauntlet, D. (2005). Moving Experiences: Media Effects and Beyond. London: John Libby and other social therapists have affirmed that there is in fact a relationship between brutal media and forceful propensities, particularly in children.
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The agreement is currently consistent that presentation to roughness in the media makes a brutal inclination in children (Chomsky, 2002). Investigators have associated media mercilessness to the improvement of mighty thoughts, emotions and behavior amongst people. How do the media sway hostility among young people? Late studies exhibit that young people who spent a huge part of their times playing severe gimmick amusements, review harsh films or introduced to distinctive signs of savage media normally add to a modified mental inclination to copy the behavior of their clear VIP great cases.
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In the expressions of prestigious researcher Karl Marx, the media is the true wellspring of social power in the general public. Resounding the same, later sociologists agree that individuals have a tendency to venerate and love media identities, particularly the anecdotal film characters (Durham & Kellner, 2001). This sort of recognition has made the media exceptionally powerful in the development of musings, characters, and conduct. A percentage of the pointers of this impact incorporate copycat conduct in manifestation of dialect, mentality, and discernments. This can be seen in many research studies and in current media as well.
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