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Media & Antisocial
Behavior
Sample Teaching Module
Matthew T. Jones
http://www.mattsmediaresearch.com
Module Introduction
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Teaching Objectives:
• Introduce three media theories relating to
antisocial behavior.
• Provide background and context
sufficient to invite classroom discussion.
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Discussion Orientation
• My goal is to provide the context and
guidance necessary for productive
classroom discussion.
Media & Antisocial Behavior
Module Introduction
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Teaching Procedure
• Reading assignment
• Discussion of theory based on personal
experiences
• Presentation of context
• Discussion of context
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Media & Antisocial Behavior
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“Antisocial behavior is contrary to
prevailing norms for social conduct.
That includes unlawful actions, such as
murder, hate crimes, rape, and drug
abuse, as well as behaviors that most
members of society find objectionable
even if they are not illegal, such as
drunkenness and sexual promiscuity”
(Straubhaar & LaRose, 2008).
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Media Violence
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An OLD question: What are the effects
of media violence?
• The Media Task Force Report: Violence in
the Media (1969).
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Media Violence
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Media Violence
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What theory or theories can we apply
to a program like COPS?
Media & Antisocial Behavior
Media Violence
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What theory or theories can we apply
to a program like COPS?
• Social Cognitive Theory
•
Bandura’s Bobo Doll Experiment (1963)
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Media Violence
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What theory or theories can we apply
to a program like COPS?
• Social Cognitive Theory
•
Bandura’s Bobo Doll Experiment (1963)
• Catharsis Theory
•
Feshback (1961); Feshback & Singer (1971)
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Media Violence
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What theory or theories can we apply
to a program like COPS?
• Social Cognitive Theory
•
Bandura’s Bobo Doll Experiment (1963)
• Catharsis Theory
•
Feshback (1961); Feshback & Singer (1971)
• Cultivation Theory
•
Gerbner’s Content Analysis (1967, 1968, 1972)
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Media Violence
Is it all bad?
What about journalism
and social justice?
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Media Violence
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Media Violence
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What about new media?
• Realism and high definition imagery
• You Tube
• Videogames
•
On 6/26/08, six Long Island teenagers were
arrested for robbery and assault in New Hyde
Park & Garden City. Their crime spree was
attributed to the videogame Grand Theft
Auto.
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Media Violence
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Media Violence
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Media Violence
What do you think?
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Media & Sexuality
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Can these theories be applied beyond
the study of violence?
• 17 girls from Gloucester High School
(Massachusetts) allegedly chose to
become pregnant. What media
influences may have been at work?
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Media Sexuality
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