Thesis (Ph. D.)--Ohio State University, 2007. / Title from first page of PDF file. Includes bibliographical references (p. 86-90).

This study focuses on the role of media portrayal and coverage in serial killing. The first objective of the study is to develop a conceptual structure that aids in the understanding of the cyclical relationship between media, serial killer, and audience. The media acts as a catalyst in this relationship, providing the stage on which serial killer and audience form a fatal relationship in which celebrity status forms the ultimate motivation. Media sensationalism of serial killing and the extreme glamorization in fictional representations has obviously negative consequences. In developing such a structure I hope to demonstrate that there is an alternative to the sensationalizing and glamorizing of serial killers in the media. This alternative will take the form education and a more documentary-style approach to films about serial murder. The study focuses mainly on developing a theoretical framework that emphasizes each of the three elements of the cyclical relationship mentioned above separately. The second chapter is devoted to the media and its role. The third chapter focuses on serial killers and the motivations involved. The fourth chapter deals with the audience attracted to serial killing as a source of identification. A number of thinkers’ work is used in coming to grips with this relationship, including both American and South African authors. The fifth and final chapter takes into consideration the moment of application by addressing the South African situation. I conclude by discussing the repercussions of media glamorization and possible documentary-style alternatives.

Introduction: The number of reportings on sexual abuse (SA), sexual violence (SV) cases covered in the media has risen a significant amount with most cases involving women and children. The aim of the study is to explore the questions: Are people aware of sexual abuse and sexual violence in the media? What are the predictors of awareness of sexual abuse and sexual violence? Does the awareness of sexual abuse and sexual violence in the media affect the actions of the individuals? Methods: A representative survey of the German-speaking resident population (2020) on physical and mental well-being was used. The participants (N = 2,503: females = 50.9%) were between the ages of 14 and 97 (M = 49.81). The German version of the Adverse Childhood Experiences Questionnaire, The General Habitual Well-Being Questionnaire and questions about own experiences of sexual harassment on the internet, experiences of domestic sexual abuse and different socio-economic variables were used. The outcome variables regarding the awareness of SA and SV in the media, different types of scandals (church, pedophile, USA), #MeToo-debate and the change in actions were used. Frequency analyses and binary regressions were conducted. Results: One thousand five hundred and fifty-five (62.6%) respondents answered yes to being aware of SA and SV in the media. The results show that females, aging, number of children in household, Protestant and Catholic religion, school graduation, own experience(s) of sexual harassment on the internet, own experience(s) of SA in childhood, and Adverse Childhood Experiences have a significant higher association to the awareness of SA and SV in the media. German nationality and Muslim religion have a significant lower association. The variables that most commonly affected the awareness of SA and SV, scandals, debate and the individual actions were age, own experiences of sexual harassment on the internet and the Protestant religion. Conclusion: Advertising more support centers, hotlines and linking this information to sexual abuse cases covered in the media should be considered. Media bystander interventions could be helpful to train people to react appropriately. Further investigation that considers the different types of media and its influence on the awareness of SA and SV is needed.

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Snapped, a documentary style show profiling female killers, is one of Oxygens longest running hit franchises. This thesis analyzes, through both the frames of feminist theory and rhetoric, the way the show perpetuates and plays upon the myth of feminine evil as well as the stereotype of women as weak, hysterical agents in need of control. Snapped showcases women who start out as seemingly normal but then enact horrendous crimes. The use of women that the audience can identify with but then later fear creates a cathartic experience in which female audience members can be vicariously cleansed of any dangerous animosity they may possess. The show portrays the many extreme examples as the norm for lethal female violence, but this disregards the fact that a majority of women killers act in self defense. The show distorts the reality of violence against women and supports a stereotype of inherent female criminality. / by Megan Tomei. / Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2010. / Includes bibliography. / Electronic reproduction. Boca Raton, Fla., 2010. Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Šiame magistro darbe nagrinėjama smurto žiniasklaidoje poveikio nepilnamečiams ir jo prevencijos priemonės. Darbo tikslas - išanalizuoti žiniasklaidos daromą poveikį nepilnamečių delinkventinei elgsenai bei socialinių darbuotojų prevencijos priemones. Darbo uždaviniai: 1. išanalizuoti žiniasklaidos ir paauglių delinkventinio elgesio sampratas socialiniame kontekste. 2. apibūdint socialinių darbuotojų vaidmenis sprendžiant paauglių delinkventinio elgesio problemas. 3. nustatyti nepilnamečių vaikų naudojimąsi žiniasklaidos priemonėmis. 4. atskleisti socialinio darbuotojo prevencijos formas pasitelkiant žiniasklaida. Tyrimo medodai. Duomenų rinkimo metodai – klausimynas (kiekybinis tyrimas) ir apklausa žodžiu (kokybinis tyrimas). Pasirinktas kiekybinis netikimybės atrankos tipas – tikslinė atranka. Metodas – klausimynas. Apklausta 250 moksleivių iš Alytaus, Kauno ir Ukmergės mokyklų. Kokybinio tyrimo populiacija sudarė 1 socialinis pedagogas, 2 socialiniai darbuotojai ir 1 vyresnysis specialistas dirbantis mokykloje ir biudžetinėse įstaigose. Tyrimo rezultatai parodė, jog nepilnamečiai vaikai yra speciali itin pažeidžiama informacijos vartotojų kategorija, kuriai visuomenės informavimo srityje turime skirti ypatingą dėmesį ir didesnę apsaugą. Suteikiant pagalbą vaikui ir jo šeimai, socialinis darbuotojas naudoja pagrindines socialinio darbo priemones bei taip veikdamas stengiasi nepažeisti ju orumą. Darbuotojas turėtų pamažu įtraukti vaiką ir šeimą į delinkventinio elgesio... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / This master work analyzes the impact of the violence in mass media to under-age children and the prevention tools for this problem. The aim of this paper: to analyze the impact that is done by mass media to the inadequate behavior of children and the ways that social workers solve this problem. Main goals of this paper: 1. To analyze mass media and under-age children’s conceptions of the behavior in social context. 2. To describe social workers part in solving the problem of inadequate behavior. 3. To estimate the use of mass media by under-aged children. 4. To unfold forms of prevention by social workers by invoking mass media. Methods of investigation. Fact- finding methods: questions ( quantitative investigation) and interviews (qualitative investigation). Chosen type of quantitative undenominational selection – objective selection. Method – questions. 250 schoolchildren were questioned from Alytus, Kaunas and Ukmergė schools. This qualitative investigation involves: 1 social educator, 2 social workers and 1 superordinater who works in school or in budgetary agency. The results of investigation have shown that under-aged children - special vulnerable group. This group has to receive more attention and protection. Social worker uses main parts of social work. This gives help to the child and to his family. Furthermore, mass media of Lithuania should give more information about the violence in it. The effect that violence in mass media causes. Prevention against this... [to full text]

Despite extensive research into memory and violence, relatively little is known about the relationship between violent media and memory of advertised products. Research has yielded contradictory evidence ; some scholars have found a negative relationship, others a nonexistent one... This research investigated the role of emotion in the relationship between violent media and product placement memory. This study creates insight into inconclusive previous findings by providing evidence that violence influences product memory. Specifically, participants were significantly worse at remembering products placed within violent clips (e.g., free recall, cued recall, recognition. Participants' emotional responses to the violent clips also appeared to influence their memory for embedded products ; product recognition was significantly correlated with disgust, avoidance, and interest ratings.... Interestingly, stronger negative responses to the violent clips were correlated with decreased preference for the embedded products. Furthermore, the pattern of differences for product preference between target and non-target violent products varied according to negative emotional reaction. Therefore, this dissertation provides insight into the role emotion plays in the relationship between viewing violent media and product placement memory. / by Johanna D. Berger. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2012. / Includes bibliography. / Mode of access: World Wide Web. / System requirements: Adobe Reader.

Este projeto de pesquisa propõe-se a analisar a presença da mídia na obra Partes Humanas, da israelense Orly Castel-Bloom. A escritora traz à luz Israel com um cenário apocalíptico, em que cada ser humano só tem olhos para si e vive, em meio a uma atmosfera de caos, a luta por sua sobrevivência. O pânico diário e a insatisfação crônica são as marcas registradas dos diferentes seres humanos que, por extensão, moldam e são moldados pelo cenário fragmentado, nebuloso e trágico em que vivem no país. Nessa obra pós-sionista, os meios de comunicação assumem um papel primordial, pois não se restringem a ser um reflexo dessa sociedade, mas procuram influenciá-la com o que transmitem. Pobreza, violência, guerra e sofrimento estão presentes nas pautas dos meios de comunicação de forma quase cinematográfica. Assim, a mídia contribui para espetacularizar a vida humana. / This research project aims to examine the role of the media in the book Human Parts, of the Israeli Orly Castel-Bloom. The writer describes Israel in an apocalyptic scenary, in which each person thinks only of themselves. The people live in a chaotic atmosphere, fighting for their survival. The existential panic and the chronic dissatisfaction are present in different characters who, by extension, influence and are influenced by the fragmented, murky and tragic context, in which they live. In this post-Zionist book, the media has a primordial role, not only is it a mirror of the society, but it is also influenced by what is heard and seen in it. Poverty, violence, war, suffering: everything is present in their lives and in the media as if it were in a movie. In this way, the media contributes to sensationalize human life.

Este projeto de pesquisa propõe-se a analisar a presença da mídia na obra Partes Humanas, da israelense Orly Castel-Bloom. A escritora traz à luz Israel com um cenário apocalíptico, em que cada ser humano só tem olhos para si e vive, em meio a uma atmosfera de caos, a luta por sua sobrevivência. O pânico diário e a insatisfação crônica são as marcas registradas dos diferentes seres humanos que, por extensão, moldam e são moldados pelo cenário fragmentado, nebuloso e trágico em que vivem no país. Nessa obra pós-sionista, os meios de comunicação assumem um papel primordial, pois não se restringem a ser um reflexo dessa sociedade, mas procuram influenciá-la com o que transmitem. Pobreza, violência, guerra e sofrimento estão presentes nas pautas dos meios de comunicação de forma quase cinematográfica. Assim, a mídia contribui para espetacularizar a vida humana. / This research project aims to examine the role of the media in the book Human Parts, of the Israeli Orly Castel-Bloom. The writer describes Israel in an apocalyptic scenary, in which each person thinks only of themselves. The people live in a chaotic atmosphere, fighting for their survival. The existential panic and the chronic dissatisfaction are present in different characters who, by extension, influence and are influenced by the fragmented, murky and tragic context, in which they live. In this post-Zionist book, the media has a primordial role, not only is it a mirror of the society, but it is also influenced by what is heard and seen in it. Poverty, violence, war, suffering: everything is present in their lives and in the media as if it were in a movie. In this way, the media contributes to sensationalize human life.