Mediated Violence [microform] : The Contribution of MTV / James R. Walker.
Noting that perceived violence in society has been found to be positively and significantly related to television viewing and especially related to the viewing of highly violent television, a study examined the relationship between MTV (Music Television) viewing and perceived violence in society. Su...
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| Language: | English |
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| Summary: | Noting that perceived violence in society has been found to be positively and significantly related to television viewing and especially related to the viewing of highly violent television, a study examined the relationship between MTV (Music Television) viewing and perceived violence in society. Subjects, 116 seventh grade students and 107 eleventh grade students, recorded their daily exposure to television for one week and completed a questionnaire to measure exposure to films and books during the previous two months. All programs, films, and books were categorized as either high violence or mild violence types; MTV was categorized as a high violence type. Results suggest that concern about the high levels of violence in music videos may be exaggerated. For the seventh grade students, MTV viewing was negatively and significantly related to the viewing of high violence television and the reading of high violence books and positively related to the viewing of mild violence films. For the eleventh grade students, MTV viewing was negatively related to viewing high violence action/crime television programs and positively related to mild violence daytime soaps and mild violence books. (A table of statistics is appended.) (SRT) |
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| Item Description: | ERIC Note: Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Eastern Communication Association (78th, Syracuse, NY, May 18-21, 1987). ERIC Document Number: ED280111. |
| Physical Description: | 18 p. |
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