SOCC44H3 Lecture : SOCC44 LEC 8.docx
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Real violence generates anxiety fictional (staged and controlled) violence has cathartic effects: it relieves anxiety it makes a big different whether violence is stagef or controlled. Ve moral judgement of people who enoy watching real violence, abscence of moral judgement of audiences who enjoy watching fictional violence production reasons: popularity, low production costs, export potention. Gerner on film sequels: violent content in ent has bee increasing over the last 20 years graphic violent content in the news has been decreasing during the same period (mediasmarts) short term: excitment and catharsis.
