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©2010 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. Mass Media Media affect socialization because they influence values, beliefs, attitudes, and behavior. The effects of media are bidirectional.TRANSCRIPT
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Chapter 9Ecology of the Mass Media
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The medium is the message.
Marshall McLuhan
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Mass Media
• Media affect socialization because they influence values, beliefs, attitudes, and behavior.
• The effects of media are bidirectional.
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Terms• Mass media– Communication in which large
audiences quickly receive a given message via an impersonal medium between the sender and the receiver
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Macrosystem Influences
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Macrosystem Influences• Politics• Economics• Technology
• The mass communication system in the U.S. is generally characterized by private ownership and profit.
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Children and Screen Media
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Television and Movies• Children spend 3-5 hours per day in
front of the television.• Advances in television have created
changes in family interactions.– Sleep habits–Meal arrangements– Leisure time– Conversation patterns
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Messages• Attitudes• Behavior• Sexuality• Stereotypes
• Desensitization– The gradual reduction in response to a
stimulus after repeated exposure
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Concerns
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Terms• Stereotype– An oversimplified representation of
members of a particular group
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Mediating Influences• Selective attention– Choosing stimuli from one’s
environment to notice, observe, and consider
• Adult involvement
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Mesosystem Influences
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Mesosystem Influences• School-Media• Peer-Media• Family-Media• Community-Media Linkages– PBS– Cable and satellite television– Recording devices– Public interest groups
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Children and Print Media
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Print Media• How print media influences children– Language, reading, and cognitive
development– Psychosocial development
• Literacy– The ability to communicate through
reading and writing
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Caldecott• Caldecott– Award given yearly for the most
distinguished picture book for children• Newbery– Award given yearly for the most
distinguished contribution to American literature for children
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Concerns
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Children and Audio Media
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Audio Media• Engage children’s attention and
emotions with sound while espousing certain values
• Provides means of identifying with a particular group or performer, influencing dress, behavior, friends, and self-concept
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Contagion
• The phenomenon in which an individual exposed to a suggestion will act on it
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Interactive and Multimedia
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Interactive and Multimedia
• More than 2/3 of children have access to computers at home.
• Children are influenced by internet messages.
• Video games
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Concerns