COMM 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: User-Generated Content, Social Loafing, Binge-Watching
Document Summary
It depe(cid:374)ds : all-powerful media view (1920s 1940s) (cid:272)hola(cid:396)s a(cid:396)gued that (cid:373)edia a(cid:272)t as: (cid:862)h(cid:455)pode(cid:396)(cid:373)i(cid:272)s (cid:374)eedle(cid:863) o(cid:396) (cid:862)(cid:373)agi(cid:272) (cid:271)ullet(cid:863) But no research support, so now a long-gone viewpoint: limited effects view (1940s through present) Researchers noticed: not everyone affected, & not in the same way. Echo chamber (things you say or have to agree with are reflected back onto you) Use (cid:373)edia to se(cid:396)(cid:448)e (cid:374)eeds (cid:894)see (cid:862)uses a(cid:374)d g(cid:396)atifi(cid:272)atio(cid:374)s(cid:863) i(cid:374) (cid:396)eading) Relationship between binge watching and depressive symptoms: powerful (but subtle) effects view (1960s thru present) Learn behavior by watching models (ex:// people on tv) O(cid:396)igi(cid:374)all(cid:455) the a(cid:396)gu(cid:373)e(cid:374)t (cid:449)as that hea(cid:448)(cid:455) tv leads to (cid:271)eliefs that (cid:373)at(cid:272)h the (cid:862)tv (cid:396)ealit(cid:455)(cid:863) (cid:894)(cid:448)iole(cid:374)t, s(cid:272)a(cid:396)(cid:455) (cid:449)o(cid:396)ld(cid:895) Tv viewing is related to beliefs (more tv, more fear of violence) But not clear evidence that tv causes this! Partly cumulative (15 qs from pre-midterm topics, lecture only) Tha(cid:374)k a(cid:271)out (cid:449)hat the (cid:395)uestio(cid:374) is aski(cid:374)g, (cid:374)ot a(cid:271)out (cid:449)hat (cid:455)ou (cid:862)k(cid:374)o(cid:449)(cid:863) a(cid:271)out the topi(cid:272)
