SOC224 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Cyberterrorism, Cyberbullying, Internet Forum
15 Dec 2016
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Media- refers to any form of communication that targets a mass audience in print of electronic format. The media defines social problems and shapes public debates, indicating which people and issue we should be concerned about and why. Within the media we see morality and ethics in action. Stigmatized others- presented as threats to the way of life of decent people. Advertising- when people are repeatedly exposed to a particular advertisements, their brand recognition increases, they develop positive associations with those brands, and they subsequently wish to purchase those specific products. Violence in the media - correlational and experimental. Correlational studies have found a small but statistically significant association between amount of violent media consumed and people"s level of aggressiveness. Experimental research- individuals are exposed forms of media with varying levels of violence and are placed in a situation where they have the opportunity to act aggressively toward someone
