Unit 11 What do you think of game shows? What do you think of …?
What do you think?
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What do you think?
1. Does TV/film violence cause people to be more violent?
2. Do TV ads unduly influence children?
3. Do the media affect the way people vote in national elections?
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Should….
4. TV/film producers lessen the violence aired?
5. TV/film producers be held accountable for violent behavior?
6. Children’s advertising be lessened or controlled?
7. Political material carried by media be controlled?
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MEDIA EFFECTS
Early Theories
Magic Bullet
or
Hypodermic Needle
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MEDIA EFFECTS
Early Theories
Magic Bullet Effect
is
or DIRECTSIMPLE
Hypodermic Needle
Payne Fund Studies, 1929
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MEDIA EFFECTS
Early Theories
Cantril Study
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MEDIA EFFECTS
Early Theories
People
interpret
Cantril Study broadcasts
differently
War of the Worlds Broadcast, 1938
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MEDIA EFFECTSEarly Theories
Lasswell Model, 1948
Asked five questions: Who? Says What? On Which Channel? To Whom? With What Effect?
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Television’s Effect on Children
Major Studies
TELEVISION IN THE LIVES OF OUR CHILDREN, 1961
•First report that children spend more time with TV than school
•Different children show different effects
•No serious problems with TV
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Television’s Effect on Children
Major Studies
TELEVISION AND SOCIAL BEHAVIOR 1971
TV violence may lead to aggression in some children
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Television’s Effect on Children
Major Studies
TELEVISION ADVERTISING TO CHILDREN 1979
•Called for ban on ads to very young
•Many children don’t distinguish between programs and ads
•By 6th grade children distrust ads
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Television’s Effect on Children
Major Studies
TELEVISION AND BEHAVIOR 1982
•Televised violence can contribute to aggression (but can’t tell in whom or why)
•Heavy viewers more fearful, less trusting
Cont.
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Television’s Effect on Children
Major Studies
TELEVISION AND BEHAVIOR 1982
Continued
•Children who watch constructive programs more likely to act responsibly
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Media’s Effect on Politics
Major Studies
PEOPLE’S CHOICE
1940, Radio, F.D. Roosevelt
Researchers followed 3,000 voters 6 months
•8% converted by media
•53% reinforced by media
•14% activated to vote by media
Cont.
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Media’s Effect on Politics
Major Studies
PEOPLE’S CHOICE
1940, Radio, F.D. Roosevelt
Continued
Family and friends had more effect than media
Opinion leaders provide/shape information
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Media’s Effect on Politics
Major Studies
THE UNSEEING EYE: THE MYTH OF TELEVISION POWER 1976
•7% were manipulated by ads
•16% were influenced by ads
Similar results to People’s Choice
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Media’s Effects on Politics
Widespread belief that media has changed elections and election politics since 1960 televised debates.
vs.
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Media’s Effects on Politics
BUTNo evidence exists to show media
has changed voting behavior of large groups.
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Media’s Effects on PoliticsDependence on TV – National Elections
Reach large numbers quickly Distances candidates from direct public
contact Expensive
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Effects on PoliticsCOST
1984 GOP spent $23.9
million Democrats spent $21.5
million
1996 Both parties spend $40
million apiece.
COSTS HAVE DOUBLED IN 12 YEARS
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EFFECTS ON POLITICSSwing Voters
Television effects millions of “swing” voters who have a “mild but open interest in dominant developments.”
Respond to what they see and hear Reach conclusions on widely shared
common experience Wait for critical concern Need ease of participation.
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EFFECTS ON POLITICSExclusion
WHO GETS LEFT OUT? Those who can’t raise huge sums of
money (or those who don’t have it to begin with)
Those who don’t look good on TV
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EFFECTS ON CULTURE
Spiral
of
silence
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EFFECTS ON CULTURE
No Sense of Place — Joshua Meyrowitz, 1985
TV blurs distinction between men and women and children and adults.
More topics enter public dialogue.
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EFFECTS ON CULTURE
California Assessment Program, 1981
Correlation between hours spend watching TV and poor reading, math and writing scores
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EFFECTS ON CULTURE
Women’s roles Minorities Alternative Lifestyles
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MEDIA EFFECTS
Recent Studies
Different people in different environments react to the media differently.
MEDIA AS AGENDA SETTERS:
Media don’t (can’t effectively) tell us what to think, but…
…do tell us what to think about.
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1984
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1984