Week 9 (Media violence and aggression) lecture 18

Question 1

• parental interventions
• ratings
• warning label on violent media
• reduce consumption
• media literacy
• contact media industry and advertisers
  what are these ?

Answer 1

ways of reducing violent media effects

Question 2

what are the 3 types of parental interventions ?

Answer 2

1. instructive mediation
2. restrictive mediation
3. social coviewing

Question 3

• involves parents talking to their children about violent media content
• can reduce the harmful effect of violent media on children
• parents engage in this less than 10% of the time
  which parental intervention is this ?

Answer 3

instructive mediation

Question 4

• involves restricting access to violent media
• parents can use filtering devices to restrict violent content on TV sets and computers
  which parental intervention is this ?

Answer 4

restrictive mediation

Question 5

the telecommunications act of 1996 did what ?

Answer 5

tvs had chips that read rating system of shows so parents could restrict certain ones if wanted

Question 6

• involves parents consuming violent media with their children without discussing it
• can backfire bc children may assume that violent media must not be harmful if their parents watch it with them and do not say anything bad about it
  which parental intervention is this ?

Answer 6

social co viewing

Question 7

• the ratings are confusing
• different ratings are used for different media
• on tv programs and films, the ratings are only displayed for the first 30 seconds
• the ratings are assigned by the industry rather than by child development experts
  what are these ?

Answer 7

problems with US ratings

Question 8

• education is intended to promote awareness about media influence
• programs encourage students to ask questions about what they watch, hear, and read in the media
• programs can help children become more intelligent and critical media consumers
  what is this ?

Answer 8

media literacy