Media influences

Question 1

What is the concern about aggression in the media?

Answer 1

Increased aggression in the media is thought to lead to increased aggression in the viewer.

Question 2

How can SLT be linked to aggression in the media ?

Answer 2

Identification with an attractive but violent hero ( a symbolic model) increases the likelihood that aggression will be imitated.

The observer can also learn through vicarious reinforcement.
If they view aggression solving problems and being rewarded.

Question 3

What happens to the viewers moral decision making processes?

Answer 3

Often aggression can be justified in the media causing the viewer to think aggression is the correct response when they have been wronged.

(Hero’s violence often justified)