AoS- Media studies

• Bandura study


  Children saw a film of an adult behaving aggressively towards a bobo doll and then copied this themselves when given opportunity
• Glennon and Butsch


  Working class families are underrepresented and middle class families are over represented, working class families that are shown are either trying to move upwards or shown to be unintelligent
• Polemus


  In our postmodern society there is a 'supermarket of style' (we can pick and choose who we want to be) this is largely influenced by the media
• Pearson


  Young people seen as folk devils by the media and moral panics are created around them. Deviance amplification.
• Stefan Pakeerah was killed by his friend after he had been playing a computer game called 'manhunt' - he copied methods form the game and killed Stefan with a hammer
• Gauntlett


  Men are more likely to be shown as heroes in films and women as victims. Men are also more likely to get leading roles when they are older.
• Van Dijk


  Black people tend to be portrayed as criminals in British news – black crime and violence one of the most frequent issues in ethnic coverage
• Jamie Bulger – a toddler that was kidnapped, tortured and killed by two young boys. It was claimed that the boys had seen a film 'Childs play 3' which contributed to the attack
• Taylor


  In 1981 American media imports represented 75% of all imports in Europe. ('McDonaldisation')
• Hagell and Newburn found that violent young offenders actually watch less TV than their non-violent counterparts, and that of the TV they do watch there is little difference in level of violence shown