News coverage of social protests and the effects of photographs and prior attitudes

Article Abstract:

An experimental design is used to study and examine the extent to which photographs and prior attitudes toward protests and protesters in general contribute to previously identify framing effects of protest news. The results suggests the need to address possible nuances associated with the visuals alone and to incorporated prior attitudes when examining effects of news coverage of protests.

Florida, Public affairs, Social aspects, Media coverage, Television viewers, Social protest

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The effect of viewing varying levels and contexts of violent sports programming on enjoyment, mood, and perceived violence

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A study was conducted to evaluate the relationship between the levels and contexts of sports violence and viewer enjoyment, mood, and perceptions of violence. Findings indicate that viewers enjoyed the violent play more than the nonviolent, unscripted violent play more than the scripted, and found the scripted violent play to be less suspenseful and more violent than the unscripted play.

Psychological aspects, Analysis, Emotions, Violence in sports, Sports violence

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Equally super? Gender-role stereotyping of superheroes in children's animated programs

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The portrayals of female and male superheroes in children's cartoons were analysed to investigate whether animated superheroes were portrayed in gender-role stereotypical ways. It is found that few instances of traditional gender-role stereotyping however, a trend toward defining superheroics in strictly traditional masculine terms were noted.

United States, Portrayals, Criticism and interpretation, Sex role, Sex roles, Cartooning, Cartoons, Caricatures and cartoons, Superheroes

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