Lit review 4

Lit Review 4

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This author has been working at the department of psychology at Mount Allison University

Citation:

Wasylkiw, Louise, and Michael Currie. "The Animal House Effect: How University-themed Comedy Films Affect Students' Attitude." Social Psychology Education 15 (2011): 25-40. Springer Science and Business Media. Web. 7 Nov. 2016.

Summary:

This article investigates the effect of media on students’ attitudes. The article takes a look at 2 different studies. The first study was content analysis of 34 films classified as university- themed comedies and showed that such films highlighted risk taking and minimized the importance of academics. Study 2 demonstrated the impact of these films on the attitudes university students hold.

Concepts/Value:

A key concept is the idea of risk taking, this idea is important for my paper because it relates to the idea of binge drinking and how it is a form of risk taking to the standard of what the TopDown wants from the Bottom. This also relates to the idea that there is a rebellion to the TopDown from the BottmUp.

Quotes:

“ In 1978 the movie Animal House was released depicting a group of fraternity brothers drinking alcohol, getting drunk, having parties and not attending classes. Not only did the release of this movie lead to a new genre of film but it also showcased the very behaviors that are known to be common among North American University students.”

“Despite the evidence that media depictions conform to stereotypes and over represent some elements and that the media affect individuals attitudes and behaviors, there are three outstanding issues with respect to university-themed comedy films.”

“To discern whether the viewing of a university themed comedy film impacted participants’ attitudes, we undertook a series of hierarchical multiple regression analyses.”