1. Children, adolescents, and the Internet: A new field of inquiry in developmental psychology. Greenfield, Patricia; Yan, Zheng Developmental Psychology, Vol 42(3), May 2006, 391-394. doi: 10.1037/0012-1649.42.3.391 Special Section: Children, Adolescents, and the Internet. http://www.cdmc.ucla.edu/PG_Media_biblio_files/gy-2006_1.pdf In this article Greenfield and Yan survey the new field of inquiry to understand how today’s generation i.e. children and adolescents live in a complex universe
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One way media can be used to achieve prosocial effects is through persuasive public health campaigns. Achieving this positive media effect is challenging due to the complexity of both creating effective messages and the emotional responses of individuals who choose to engage in unhealthy behaviors. This challenge provides ground for rigorous media research into how features of health messages engage mental processes that underlie message effects. The experiment reported here is designed to contribute
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Ciara Joyce Professor Hall ENGL 1895 01 23 September 2014 The Effects of Media Violence When was the last time the television could be turned on without individuals being exposed to some form of violence? Violence is seen in movies, reality TV, throughout news networks, and more. It seems as if media is aiding in a worldwide violence craze. Because media is the biggest source of advertisement and promotion, it has become incredibly easy to influence people in our society, more importantly
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THE CONTAGION EFFECT Contagion refers to a situation whereby individuals and groups prone to violence copycat the crimes popularized by the mass media. Theories The contagion theories have been rejected and forwarded in matters pertaining to terrorism and the effects of mass media. Some scholars have denied a relationship that could be termed as cause-effect. There has been literature that has implicated the media as responsible for the effect of contagion when it has come to terrorism violence
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the mass media. By: Amy Rashid The amount of influence the media has on the society has been extensively debated and researcher. The hypodermic syringe model is an analogy between media messages and a drug injected by a hypodermic syringe; which represents the content of media being spread by the medium (television, newspaper, etc.). In this essay, I shall discuss the usefulness of the hypodermic syringe model alongside some other models to our understanding of the role of the mass media. First
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Semiotic 1. Describe (abstractly) 2. Look for possible: * oppositions * denotations * connotations 3. Reference to the code / shared knowledge 4. Conclusions Media: from Medium= Middle Media: open windows to the world or tools which construct meanings and suggest interpretations? Semiotics: from σημεῖον (semeion) > sign = the study of signs Structuralism: the world is structured and can be interpreted/understood according to and within the structure What
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time in society; between the Cold War, Vietnam War, and overall political unease, the band used their music as a microphone. Beatlemania grew from screaming teens at the front row to a new way to channel their opposition of the status quo. John Lennon in particular became very vocal and, “decided to use his media fame on an even bigger scale: to become an advocate for peace" (Syverson, 2014). Like most in the United Kingdom, The Beatles were affected by political decisions, such as high taxes. As
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Media Violence Jessica Higginson PSY101: Introduction to Psychology Instructor: Hillary Locke Sept. 28, 2014 Media Violence and Violent Behavior in Children Is violence on television turning our children into violent, destructive, hateful people? Television shows today can be a powerful influence in developing value systems and shaping behavior (Bee, 1998: 261-262). Violence surrounds us due to most of what is on television is violent. For example take Saturday morning cartoons; the level
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Media Representation of crime William and Dickinson (1971) found British newspapers devote 30% of their space to crime Media gives a distorted image of crime, criminals and policing compared to official statistics. The media: Over representation of violent and sexual crime Ditton and Duffy (1983) found 46% of media reports were about sexual or violent crime, compared to the actual 3% of crime records for this kind of crime. Marsh found violent crimes were 36 times more likely to be recorded in
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The Effects of Social Media on College Students Qingya Wang Johnson & Wales University - Providence, qaw733@jwu.edu Wei Chen Johnson & Wales University - Providence Yu Liang Johnson & Wales University - Providence, yul118@jwu.edu Follow this and additional works at: http://scholarsarchive.jwu.edu/mba_student Part of the Education Commons, and the Social and Behavioral Sciences Commons Repository Citation Wang, Qingya; Chen, Wei; and Liang, Yu, "The Effects of Social Media on College
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