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Make a difference

WelcomeMedia Studies

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Media Psychology

Media Psychology seeks an

understanding of how people

perceive, interpret, use, and

respond to a media-rich world.

In doing so, media psychologists

can identify potential benefits

and problems and promote the

development of positive media

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Social impact

Media technology has made communicating increasingly easier as

time has passed throughout history. Today, children are encouraged

to use media tools in school and are expected to have a general

understanding of the various technologies available.

The internet is arguably one of the most effective tools in media for

communication.

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Social impact

Tools such as e-mail, MSN, Facebook etc., have brought people

closer together and created new online communities

However, some may argue that certain types of media can hinder

face-to-face communication and therefore can result incomplications like identity fraud

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Social impact

In a large consumer-driven society, electronic media (such as

television) and print media (such as newspapers) are important for

distributing advertisement media

More technologically advanced societies have access to goods andservices through newer media than less technologically advanced

societies

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The Violence in the Media Debate

Violence is one of the most fun things to watch.

(Quentin Tarantino)

You have to show violence the way it is. If you don't show it

realistically, then that's immoral and harmful. If you don't upsetpeople, then that's obscenity.Roman Polanski

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How a society channels male aggression is one of the greatest

questions as to whether that society will survive. That's why I am not

against violence in the media, I am against the glorification of immoral

violence.Dennis Prager

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A lot of people in the movie industry tend to run and hide from it

like ostriches. Movie industry people are definitely in denial right now,

but you do become desensitized to violence when you see it on the

screen so often. Let's face it, violence exists for one reason in movies,

and that's to get an effect, create an emotion, sell tickets.Madeleine Stowe

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Violent entertainment is as old as entertainment itself: why do we

enjoy watching scenes of pain, suffering and destruction?

What effect does watching violence have on our attitudes towards

violence? Does it make our behaviour more violent?

Should there be rules about how much violence is incorporated into

entertainment? Should there be restrictions on the availability of

violent entertainment?

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Who is responsible for the violent content in media? The media-

makers, or the regulators?

Is a violent society the result of violent entertainment, or is it the

other way around?

Is there such a thing as a "copycat killing", or are they an example of

Moral Panic?

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The arguments on each side of the debate are very powerful, and

draw on years of research and discussion. You need to sift through the

following sites and have a look at the different views of parents,

psychologists, academics, audiences and media producers.

The irony at the heart of the Violence in The Media debate is that a

lot of the media coverage of this topic which condemns violence,

actually incorporates violence and is designed to titillate and stimulate

violent reactions

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