Dissertations and Theses @ UNI
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Open Access Thesis
Keywords
Short-term memory; Violence in mass media; Academic theses;
Abstract
In today's world media are omnipresent. Over the last decade an individual's exposure to media has increased at an exponential rate. Additionally, the levels of violence in media available for public consumption have also increased. A good deal of research has been conducted on media violence, television violence, televised sexual content and amount of television watched by those in their respective studies. Researchers are beginning to understand that exposure to violent media is associated with problematic memory recall. Given that most individuals that live in homes in first world countries are consistently exposed to multiple media sources it is of utmost importance that researchers try to understand what occurs to short term memory when exposed to such visual stimuli. The results of this study found that individuals who are exposed to visual stimuli containing violence largely showed poorer recall than those who viewed visual imagery containing no violence.
Year of Submission
2012
Degree Name
Master of Arts
Department
Department of Psychology
First Advisor
John Somervill
Second Advisor
Andrew Gilpin
Third Advisor
W. Michael Fleming
Date Original
2012
Object Description
1 PDF file (47 leaves)
Copyright
©2012 Stacilyn Chananie-Hill
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Chananie-Hill, Stacilyn, "The Effects of Interpersonal Violent Imagery Upon Short Term Memory Recall" (2012). Dissertations and Theses @ UNI. 2313.
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/etd/2313
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