Media Violence and Judgments of Offensiveness and Violent Media Increase Aggression

Article 1

This study seeks to determine whether viewers are offended by media violence and whether the link between aggressive behavior and watching media violence is brought about by this offense.  The research carried out in 2 Universities located in United States used a sample of 1429 young adults comprising of 60 % female and 40 percent male within an average age of 20.49. The recruitment of the sample comprised of about half from a Midwest state university and the other half from a Western private university (Coyne, Callister, Gentile, & Howard, 2016).  

The collection of the data involved was done through online questionnaires.  The results of the research indicate a variation in offensiveness reactions towards media violence with the range being from no offense to highly offended (Coyne et. al 2016).  This was a cross-sectional research which involved seeking views of different groups within the population at the same time. The limitations of includes using a single item to appraise the attitudes and failure to define various terns used in this survey.

 

Article 2

This article seeks to test whether there is variation among media researchers’ views on how violent media related to aggression in children and such views with parents and pediatricians opinions. The sample for the study included 371 mass communication scientists and media psychologists, 92 pediatricians and 268 parents. The sample was nationally represented on the basis gender and race, while the recruitment of parents was done by Qualtrics Panel with a small fee as the payment (Bushman, Gollwitzer, & Cruz, 2015).   

The sampling method used was random sampling where the involved participants involved responded to announcements that had been sent by various research moderators.  The data collection methodology used involved completion of an online survey which addressed how violent media affects aggression in children.  The results of the study showed an overall consensus among the participants that violent media led to aggression in children (Bushman et. al 2015). This was a cross-sectional study since it involved comparing different groups of a population at the same time. The limitation of the study include an assumption that aggressive behavior is indicated by offensive feelings  and the entire emerging adult population is not represented since the study was done only in two different places of the country.

References

Coyne, S. M., Callister, M. A., Gentile, D. A., & Howard, E. (2016). Media violence and judgments of offensiveness: A quantitative and qualitative analysis. Psychology of Popular Media Culture, 5(4), 372.

 

Bushman, B. J., Gollwitzer, M., & Cruz, C. (2015). There is broad consensus: Media researchers agree that violent media increase aggression in children, and pediatricians and parents concur. Psychology of Popular Media Culture, 4(3), 200.