Exam 18: Social Effects of Mass Communicationglossary

A typical teen in 2008 spent about 9 hours a week

Media exposure is much more likely to result in voter conversion than in crystallization.

Cultivation analysis,which focuses on the long-term effects of media exposure,has shown that for some people heavy TV use leads to distorted perceptions of the real world.

Television's portrayal of law enforcement and crime consistently fails to represent reality because it over represents

The ___________ may occur when people are excessively selective about the media content they consume,and possibly become ignorant about the rest of the world.

A 2007 panel study done by researchers at the Child Health Institute at the University of Washington found that viewing violent TV at ages 3-5 was associated with increased risk of anti-social behavior in boys.

Do you see evidence that social media does affect agenda setting and that social media sites are used by readers to see what is more important rather than relying on media gatekeepers?

This type of research investigates whether heavy TV viewers have a distorted view of the world-a view that reflects the world represented on television.

Agenda building research focuses on how the media influence not only what we think are important issues but also our attitude toward those issues.

Researchers argue that when culturally and socially diverse people become more similar due to heavy TV viewing,____________ has occurred.

The results of lab experiments are less likely to be contaminated by external factors than are the results of field experiments.

Taken as a whole,surveys designed to measure the effects of exposure to violent TV have shown what type of relationship between aggressive behavior and viewing violent TV?

Survey results have been fairly consistent suggesting a correlation between playing violent video games and increased aggressive behavior.Have you observed these findings to be correct?

A survey usually consists of a large group of individuals answering questions on a questionnaire.

Researchers argue that television has

Lab experiments have shown that media content can affect behaviors such as cooperation and self-control.

Both TV and film have caused public concern about media effects,and have long been investigated by scholars; the effects of radio,on the other hand,were not considered important and were not researched.