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Date: April 29, 2024 Mon
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Results for media violence (new zealand)
1 results foundAuthor: Collinson, Lucie Title: Portrayal of Violence, Weapons, Antisocial Behaviour and Alcohol: Study of Televised Music Videos in New Zealand Summary: Aim - Given evidence that exposure to violence in the media is associated with subsequent violent behaviour in young people, we aimed to study the content of televised music videos with regards to violence, weapons, antisocial behaviours and alcohol use. Method Music videos recorded from the New Zealand television channel 'Juice' in 2010 (n=861), were examined for violence-related content. Coding methods were developed and refined; and inter-rater reliability assessed. Data on six violence-related themes were collected: violence, weapons, antisocial behaviour, death themes, suicidal behaviour and Goth culture themes. Results - Over a third (39.3%, 338/861) of these music videos portrayed at least one violence-related theme (95% CI: 36.0% - 42.6%). More specifically, violence was portrayed in 23.7% of videos, and similarly for: the presence of weapon/s (12.9%), antisocial behaviour (10.7%), death themes (8.9%), suicidal behaviour (4.1%), and 'Goth' culture themes (2.7%). Violence portrayal was significantly more common in videos in which alcohol was also portrayed (34.5% of those with alcohol), than when alcohol was not portrayed (21.1%) (risk ratio [RR] = 1.65; 95% CI: 1.25 - 2.18). This was also the pattern for weapons portrayal at 19.6% and 11.3% respectively (RR = 1.65; 95% CI: 1.19 - 2.28). There was potential glamorisation of violence in that a fifth (20.4%) of videos portraying violence-related content (n=338) had sexual content and violence present in the same scene. Conclusions - The portrayal of violence, weapons and antisocial behaviours in music videos was common in this New Zealand sample. Furthermore, the portrayal of violence was significantly associated with the portrayal of alcohol. Fortunately there are a range of regulatory and non-regulatory approaches that could be used to reduce such portrayals if society considers this worthwhile. Details: Wellington, NZ: Department of Public Health, University of Otago, 2014. 21p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed April at http://www.otago.ac.nz/wellington/otago085799.pdf Year: 2014 Country: New Zealand URL: http://www.otago.ac.nz/wellington/otago085799.pdf Shelf Number: 135330 Keywords: Media Violence (New Zealand)Violence in Mass Media |