JMC 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Nonverbal Communication, Mass Media, Anxiety

• School: University of Iowa
• Department: Journalism & Mass Communication
• Course: JMC 1100
• Professor: Rachel Young

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Emotion: a relatively brief state of arousal that is valenced positively or negatively. Arousal refers to the intensity of the emotion. Valence refers to whether the emotions is positive or negative. Our cognitive processing of that arousal and its valence is responsible for the labeling of the feeling. Our initial, instinctive emotional responses to situations. Appear after primary emotions (may be caused directly from primary emotions) We primarily learn emotional cues through non-verbal communication with our social groups. Mass media provide a continual flow of stories and characters we can use to observe emotions. Media are a valuable source of information about how different emotions can be expressed and processed. Prediction: children at this stage are scared of cartoons, fantasy characters and menacing situations. Explanation: children are not yet able to distinguish between what can and can"t occur in the real world. Prediction: children are more frightened of things that are really possible.