disinhibition

• P: research suggests that disinhibition is less likely in situations where viewers are also exposed to the negative consequences of violent behaviour

  E: Goranson showed people a film of a boxing match where there were two alternative endings. in one ending, the loser was seen to take a bad beating and ended up dying. participants who did not see negative consequences, were more likely to behave aggressively after viewing the fighting than were those who did see the consequences
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  L: this supports the suggestion that disinhibition may be more likely in violent media where the negative consequences are not understood by viewers.
• P: likelihood of disinhibition taking place is determined by a number of factors, some of which relate to the viewers themselves, and some to the context in which media is viewed

  E: young children are more likely to be affected because theyre more likely to be drawn into violent episodes without considering the consequences of the violence. children growing up in households with strong norms against violence are unlikely to experience disinhibition for them to show aggressive behaviour. disnihibition effect is stronger in families where children experience physical punishment from parents.
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  L: this demonstrates that the relationship between media violence and disinhibition is not straightforward, and is mediated by a number of individual and social characteristics