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Mind Map by megan langdon, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by megan langdon
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Media
influences
on prosocial
behaviour
- Social
Learning
Theory
- If a child has seen
someone be
rewarded on the TV
for pos behaviour,
the theory states
that they = more
likely to imitate
behaviour
- AO2
- Real life models
seem to have
more of impact on
behaviour than
models on TV
- Prosocial acts on
TV do have impact
on behaviour BUT
tend to be short -
lived & don't tend
to be gen to new
enviros
- Eisenberg
(1983)
- Believes prolonged
exposure to prosocial
programming does
cause substantial &
long - lasting increases
in children's prosocial
behaviour
- However - in order to
repeat act - children have
to notice it & it has been
found that prosocial acts
tend to be quite subtle &
hard to pick - up on
whereas antisocial acts
are easier to spot &
remember & therefore
copy
- However - in order to
repeat act - children have
to notice it & it has been
found that prosocial acts
tend to be quite subtle &
hard to pick - up on
whereas antisocial acts
are easier to spot &
remember & therefore
copy
- Believes prolonged
exposure to prosocial
programming does
cause substantial &
long - lasting increases
in children's prosocial
behaviour
- Real life models
seem to have
more of impact on
behaviour than
models on TV
- If a child has seen
someone be
rewarded on the TV
for pos behaviour,
the theory states
that they = more
likely to imitate
behaviour
- The
pervasiveness
of TV
- Most children
in UK & America
watch approx 25
hours a week of
TV
- This is the
highest at
around the age
of 6 and lowers
during
adolescence
- It then
increases
during around
age of 6 &
lowers during
adolescence
- It then increases
during adult yrs &
we spend the most
hours per week
watching TV whn
we're elderly
- AO2
- Such a huge amount TV
watching can be argued to
have an important effect on
viewers but it doesn't take
into account how people
learn prosocial behaviour
when they don't have a TV /
are exposed to fat less TV
than their peers (perhaps not
owning a TV in heir own
house)
- Such a huge amount TV
watching can be argued to
have an important effect on
viewers but it doesn't take
into account how people
learn prosocial behaviour
when they don't have a TV /
are exposed to fat less TV
than their peers (perhaps not
owning a TV in heir own
house)
- Most children
in UK & America
watch approx 25
hours a week of
TV
- Developmental
trends in
prosocial
influence
- Eisenberg
- Believes that
children develop
prosocial reasoning
w/ age & so
therefore there may
be developmental
trends in influence
of prosocial media
- Believes that
children develop
prosocial reasoning
w/ age & so
therefore there may
be developmental
trends in influence
of prosocial media
- Supported by
research that shows
that younger children
are less able to rec
other people's
emotions & don't
know what to do to
help others
- Mares
1996
- Mares
1996
- Eisenberg
- Exposure to
prosocial
messages
- Often perceived that
children are
overexposed to
violence in the media,
but when you look, it
becomes clear that
they are also exposed
to a lot of prosocial
messages
- According to an
early content
analysis in America,
there are 11
altruistic acts & 6
sympathetic
behaviours per hour
of TV on average
- Sprafkin
et al
1975
- Sprafkin
et al
1975
- Mares (1996),
who did a meta
- analysis of 39
diff studies
found that
- Children who viewed
pos interactions acted
more pos in their own
interactions than
children who had viewed
neutral / antisocial
interactions
- Children who
viewed altruistic
behaviours tended
to share, donate,
offer, help &
comfort more
- Children who viewed
pos interactions acted
more pos in their own
interactions than
children who had viewed
neutral / antisocial
interactions
- Often perceived that
children are
overexposed to
violence in the media,
but when you look, it
becomes clear that
they are also exposed
to a lot of prosocial
messages
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