SOC 1010 Exam 2 Practice Questions and Complete Solutions

What is mean world syndrome? the idea that the world is a more dangerous place than it actually is, based on watching news reports or violent programming What is "cultivation" measuring in the surveys Gerbner conducted? Cultivation theory examines the long-term effects of television viewing on viewers' conceptions of social reality. Why, as Gerbner's studies show, do you think people who watch a lot of television tend to see the world as a meaner and scarier place than do people who watch less TV? Long-term exposure to violent media leads to a distorted view that the world is more violent than it is. Function and Effect Latinos represent 15% of the US population but constitute only 6% of characters in TV and movies. What are some of the possible effects this might have? Representation in media magnifies outreach and power, so the fewer women and minorities that partake in media creation, content, and distribution, the less accurate the media becomes. What are Gerbner's ideas for how to solve the problems of today's media? Limit the amount of TV and media you view, alternate between different types of programmes, e.g. comedy and drama... Polls consistently show that 2/3 of people who believe crime to be a very serious problem get the majority of their news from what source? News sources that project that violence What is the correlation between viewing violent media programming and actual societal violence? Could other possible causes such as poverty influence it? Research shows that fictional television and film violence contribute to both a short-term and a long-term increase in aggression and violence in young viewers. Television news violence also contributes to increased violence, principally in the form of imitative suicides and acts of aggression. How does the magic bullet theory differ from Gerbner's analysis? When something is happing on the media and the audience believes it immediately while Gerbner's analysis is referring to long-term effects the media can have on the audience. What is happy violence? -entertaining, swift, glamorous -leads to a happy ending -human makes the pill easier to swallow