Discussion:
The Psychological Impact of Media
Take a particular media - TV show (i.e., children's cartoon, TV news clip), movie clip, song (you can type out the lyrics), the text from a blog, cartoon, etc. and complete the following:
1) A brief description of the media you are analyzing
2) Who is the primary audience of the media
3) The number of violent acts in the media
4) The nature of the violent acts (physical, psychological, etc.)
5) How these acts connect to the various theories described in the readings (modeling, copycat, aggressor effect, fear of victimization effect, the conscious numbing effect, etc.)