j201 fall 2017 lecture 3 - history media effects introduction to mass communication sept 11 -2017...
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Historical perspectiveJ201 Introduction to Mass CommunicationSept 11 -2017
Professor Hernando [email protected] @uatiff201.journalism.wisc.edu#sjmc201
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Friday’s main points
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① Storytelling has become professionalized.
② Mass scale and extent of communications on the rise.
③ Increasingly our experiences are mediated.
④ New communication technologies “personalize” what essentially continues to be mass communication.
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Media effects historical perspective- today’s class plan
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① What is a media effect?
② Magic bullet/hypodermic needle theories.
③ Early studies on media effects.
④ Limited effects paradigm.
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Interpersonal communication—two people have a conversation.
Mediated communication—two people talk to each other on the telephone or via instant messaging.
Mass communication—an anchor talks to a camera and his/her image and voice are transmitted to a large number of viewers.
Modes of communication
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Interpersonal communication model (Schramm’s Interactive model)
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Mass communication model (Shannon – Weaver’s model)
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Effects of mass communication
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• China 213 BC, Emperor Qin Shi Huang ordered destruction of all books except those related to agriculture, medicine and prophecy.
• Printing press (XV century Europe). Indexes of prohibited books.
• Hollywood directors blacklisted for “un-American activities” (1947, US).
Concern with the effects of mass communication
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Grey’s Anatomy (May 2010)
Media Effects?
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John Hopkins Hospital (Sept 2010)
Media Effects?
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Conceptualizing communication as a cause (message) that produces “effects.”
What is a Media Effect?
But what type of effects?
- Cognitive- Affective- Physiological - Attitudinal- Behavioral
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Early 20th century social scientists assumedpowerful media effects. Media was thought to infuse people with messages that they could not resist.
Context - Urbanization and industrialization- World wars (Propaganda)
Magic Bullet / Hypodermic needle theories
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Effects of movies on children
Early studies – Payne Fund Studies (Early 30s)
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Early studies – Payne Fund Studies (Early 30s)
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Early studies – Radio Panics America (Late 30s)
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① Extent of panic?
② What was unique about the broadcast?
③ Why only some where frightened?
Early studies – Radio Panics America (Hadley & Cantril Late 30s)
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Early studies – Persuasion (Why We Fight Films - Hovland Early 40s)
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① Experiments② Pre and post test with control groups③ Central findings
- Important acquisition of knowledge- Limited changes in opinion- No changes in motivation
Early studies – Persuasion (Why We Fight Films - Hovland Early 40s)
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Questions
See you Wednesday…