CMN 010V - Final Exam 100% Pass
Question : mass media effect
CORRECT ANSWER : a change in an outcome within a
person or social entity that is due to mass media influence following exposure to a mass media message or series of messages
Question : types of mass media effects
CORRECT ANSWER : 1. cognitions 2. attitudes 3. beliefs 4.
affects 5. physiology 6. behavior
Question : differential susceptibility
CORRECT ANSWER : cause mass media effects to be not
uniform due to individual's: 1. disposition 2. developmental 3.
social
Question : effects of violent content
CORRECT ANSWER: 1. the aggressor effect 2. the fear of
victimization effect 3. desensitization
Question : the aggressor effect
CORRECT ANSWER : exposure to violence makes people
more aggressive males and children more susceptible
Question : the fear of victimization effect
CORRECT ANSWER : heavy tv viewers have higher fear of
becoming victim of violence, higher distrust in others, higher perception of world as dangerous, mean and hostile occurs when evaluating unfamiliar environments
Question : desensitization effect
CORRECT ANSWER : more violent media causes less
sympathy to victims perceive people to be less injured, less willing to help those in need (Drabman & Thomas, 1976) overall effect is small but depends on many factors (gender, age, level of aggression)
Question : prosocial effects of media
CORRECT ANSWER : voluntary acts that are for the benefit
of others
Question : media effects on helping behaviors
CORRECT ANSWER : prosocial video games increase
prosocial behaviors over time (Gentile 2009) 50% prosocial gamers intervened in confrontation, 20% of neutral (Greitemayer, 2011)
Question : effects of morality
CORRECT ANSWER : 1999 - 1/20 top children tv included
prosocial lesson (Woodard) 2008 - 75% of child TV included act of altruism (Wilson, Kunkel, Drogos) preschool children do not comprehend/transfer moral messages in prosocial TV (Mares & Acosta, 2008)
Question : moral messages in prosocial TV
CORRECT ANSWER : over reliance on verbal messages (no
parents included) children might learn, even if they can't express it
Question : exposure to fairness
CORRECT ANSWER : increase perspective-taking abilities
(Cingel, Kremar, Olsen, Pictrantonio, 2016) influenced moral
judgements and reasoning watching with parent helped the process influenced by social factors
Question : social factors of watching prosocial TV
CORRECT ANSWER : inclusion/exclusion had no effect
when watched with other children (Mares & Acosta, 2010) watching with BFF increased exclusion (Cingel & Sumter)
Question : media effects on physical well-being
CORRECT ANSWER : leads to disordered eating can
predict in preadolescent girls not boys (until college aged) (Moriarty & Harrison) females internalize thin ideal because of media exposure (Grabe)
Question : male body dissatisfaction
CORRECT ANSWER : leads to lower self esteem and more
exercise for muscles (Bartlett)