Violence in Popular U.S. Prime Time TV Dramas and the Cultivation of Fear: A Time Series Analysis

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dc.contributor.authorJamieson, Patrick E.
dc.contributor.authorRomer, Daniel
dc.date2023-05-17T09:07:37.000
dc.date.accessioned2023-05-22T11:58:16Z
dc.date.available2023-05-22T11:58:16Z
dc.date.issued2014-06-17
dc.date.submitted2014-06-18T08:13:54-07:00
dc.description.abstractGerbner and Gross’s cultivation theory predicts that prolonged exposure to TV violence creates fear of crime, symptomatic of a mean world syndrome. We tested the theory’s prediction in a time series model with annual changes in violence portrayal on popular US TV shows from 1972 to 2010 as a predictor of changes in public perceptions of local crime rates and fear of crime. We found that contrary to the prediction that TV violence would affect perceptions of crime rates, TV violence directly predicted fear of crime holding constant national crime rates and perceptions of crime rates. National crime rates predicted fear of crime but only as mediated by perceptions of local crime rates. The findings support an interpretation of cultivation theory that TV drama transports viewers into a fictive world that creates fear of crime but without changing perceptions of a mean world.
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dc.legacy.articleid1365
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dc.rights© 2014 by the authors; licensee Cogitatio (Lisbon, Portugal). This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY)(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). See Media and Communication (http://www.cogitatiopress.com/ojs/index.php/mediaandcommunication/index) for more information.
dc.source.beginpage31
dc.source.endpage41
dc.source.issue349
dc.source.issue2
dc.source.journalDepartmental Papers (ASC)
dc.source.journaltitleMedia and Communication
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dc.source.statuspublished
dc.source.volume2
dc.subject.othercontent analysis
dc.subject.othercrime
dc.subject.othercultivation theory
dc.subject.otherfear
dc.subject.othertransportation theory
dc.subject.otherTV violence
dc.subject.otherBroadcast and Video Studies
dc.subject.otherCommunication
dc.subject.otherSocial and Behavioral Sciences
dc.titleViolence in Popular U.S. Prime Time TV Dramas and the Cultivation of Fear: A Time Series Analysis
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