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Media Psychology
Media Psychology seeks an

understanding of how people perceive, interpret, use, and respond to a media-rich world. In doing so, media psychologists can identify potential benefits and problems and promote the development of positive media

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Social impact

Media technology has made communicating increasingly easier as

time has passed throughout history. Today, children are encouraged to use media tools in school and are expected to have a general understanding of the various technologies available. The internet is arguably one of the most effective tools in media for communication.

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Social impact

Tools such as e-mail, MSN, Facebook etc., have brought people

closer together and created new online communities

However, some may argue that certain types of media can hinder face-to-face communication and therefore can result in complications like identity fraud

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Social impact

In a large consumer-driven society, electronic media (such as television) and print media (such as newspapers) are important for distributing advertisement media More technologically advanced societies have access to goods and services through newer media than less technologically advanced societies

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The Violence in the Media Debate

Violence is one of the most fun things to watch. (Quentin Tarantino) You have to show violence the way it is. If you don't show it realistically, then that's immoral and harmful. If you don't upset people, then that's obscenity.Roman Polanski

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The Violence in the Media Debate

How a society channels male aggression is one of the greatest questions as to whether that society will survive. That's why I am not against violence in the media, I am against the glorification of immoral violence. Dennis Prager

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The Violence in the Media Debate

A lot of people in the movie industry tend to run and hide from it like ostriches. Movie industry people are definitely in denial right now, but you do become desensitized to violence when you see it on the screen so often. Let's face it, violence exists for one reason in movies, and that's to get an effect, create an emotion, sell tickets. Madeleine Stowe

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The Violence in the Media Debate

Violent entertainment is as old as entertainment itself: why do we enjoy watching scenes of pain, suffering and destruction? What effect does watching violence have on our attitudes towards violence? Does it make our behaviour more violent? Should there be rules about how much violence is incorporated into entertainment? Should there be restrictions on the availability of violent entertainment?

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The Violence in the Media Debate

Who is responsible for the violent content in media? The mediamakers, or the regulators? Is a violent society the result of violent entertainment, or is it the other way around? Is there such a thing as a "copycat killing", or are they an example of Moral Panic?

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The Violence in the Media Debate

The arguments on each side of the debate are very powerful, and draw on years of research and discussion. You need to sift through the following sites and have a look at the different views of parents, psychologists, academics, audiences and media producers. The irony at the heart of the Violence in The Media debate is that a lot of the media coverage of this topic which condemns violence, actually incorporates violence and is designed to titillate and stimulate violent reactions