COMM 102 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Public Service Announcement, Pressure Cooking, Media Bias

• School: U of M
• Department: Communication Studies
• Course: COMM 102
• Professor: Scott Campbell

Document Summary

Magic bullet/hypodermic-needle model (media effects are intermediate, direct, uniform, and unlimited) In the 1920s, public concern about harmful effects of motion pictures on children prompted the payne fund studies. From 1929-1932, 13 studies found that movies had a significant impact on various phenomena. Attitudes towards racial/ethnic groups, health, moral standards, emotions, mmmmmdelinquent behaviors. 75% of all the films dealt with three thematic categories. A study by herbert blumer and philip hauser. Gathered movie experiences from ex-convicts on parole and delinquent youth. Motion pictures played a direct role in shaping delinquent and criminal careers of substantial segments of those studied. An experiment study by samuel renshaw, vernon l. miller, and dorothy p. Movie viewing and a potential dangers to children"s health. How much the subjects tossed and turned during sleep. Cbs mercury theatre on the air (october 30, 1938, 8-9 pm) Radio adaptation of the war of the worlds written by hg wells. The us invaded by monstrous creatures from mars.