COMM 1021 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Entertainment Software Rating Board, Enculturation, Hypermasculinity
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Assesses the truth and effects/outcomes of an issue and what role the government should have. Consequences: what happens when you break societal norms or rules. Contingencies: need to be addressed in regulation ex) social norms, prominent mediums: tensions: Public interest vs. free market (regulation vs. deregulation): Media self-regulation: music: parental advisory, film: motion picture association, television: ratings tv-y, video games: entertainment software rating board. Aggressor- disinhibition, enculturation, and imitation or mimicry- seeing violence is making us more violent. Victim- mainstreaming- the (cid:862)jo-jo effect(cid:863) (cid:373)akes us thi(cid:374)k that (cid:449)e are (cid:373)ore at risk of becoming a victim of a violent crime. Bystander- desensitization- no longer phased by the violence- less likely to enact. Catharsis- get anger out from watching the violence: mitigating factors: Situational-environmental factors- salience of display, family environment behavior of others present at viewing. Media industry aggressively markets violent programming toward children. Research o(cid:374) (cid:448)iole(cid:374)ce is (cid:862)(cid:373)i(cid:454)ed(cid:863: representations of violence giroux. Historical or reflective- a(cid:448)i(cid:374)g pri(cid:448)ate r(cid:455)a(cid:374), chi(cid:374)dler"s list.
