COMM 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Reality Television, Sexting, Slasher Film

• School: U of M
• Department: Communication Studies
• Course: COMM 102
• Professor: Nojin Kwak

Document Summary

E ects of sexually explicit content: behavioral e ects. Less restricted about performing the sexual behaviors watched: although the behaviors were previously considered taboo, sex crimes, watching violent porno increases sexual violence among youth. The positive correlation between the availability of sexually explicit media and the frequency of rape. Though it is di cult to rmly establish a causal relationship: aggressive behavior. Exposed people are more aggressive when others provoke them (excitation transfer) Excitation and valence model: high arousal, low arousal, pleasing, displeasing, catharsis, scott & schwalm study. E ects of slasher movies: an experiment, male subjects watched one r-rated slasher lm per day over one week, during the week, men became less depressed, less annoyed, and less anxious in response to the lms. Films gradually rated as: more enjoyable, funnier, more socially meaningful, less violent and o ensive. Less degrading to women: real world consequences, mock rape trial.