The Effects of Risk-Glorifying Media Exposure on Risk-Positive Cognitions, Emotions, and Behaviors: A Meta-Analytic Review

Autor/inn/en	Fischer, Peter; Greitemeyer, Tobias; Kastenmuller, Andreas; Vogrincic, Claudia; Sauer, Anne
Titel	The Effects of Risk-Glorifying Media Exposure on Risk-Positive Cognitions, Emotions, and Behaviors: A Meta-Analytic Review
Quelle	In: Psychological Bulletin, 137 (2011) 3, S.367-390 (24 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0033-2909
DOI	10.1037/a0022267
Schlagwörter	Music; Video Games; Research Methodology; Drinking; Effect Size; Sexuality; Mass Media Effects; Risk; Emotional Response; Cognitive Processes; Behavior; At Risk Persons; Meta Analysis; Correlation; Films; Advertising; Television Viewing; Smoking; Motor Vehicles; Health Behavior; Psychological Patterns; Longitudinal Studies; Social Cognition; Internet; Drug Abuse; Age Differences; Young Adults; College Students; Adolescents + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Musik; Video game; Videospiel; Videospiele; Research method; Forschungsmethode; Trinken; Sexualität; Risiko; Emotionales Verhalten; Cognitive process; Kognitiver Prozess; Risikogruppe; Meta-analysis; Metaanalyse; Korrelation; Film; Werbung; Fernsehkonsum; Rauchen; Motor vehicle; Kraftwagen; Health behaviour; Gesundheitsverhalten; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Soziale Kognition; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Young adult; Junger Erwachsener; Collegestudent; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher
Abstract	In recent years, there has been a surge in the quantity of media content that glorifies risk-taking behavior, such as risky driving, extreme sports, or binge drinking. The authors conducted a meta-analysis involving more than 80,000 participants and 105 independent effect sizes to examine whether exposure to such media depictions increased their recipients' risk-taking inclinations. A positive connection was found for overall, combined risk taking (g = 0.41); as well as its underlying dimensions: risk-taking behaviors (g = 0.41), risk-positive cognitions and attitudes (g = 0.35), and risk-positive emotions (g = 0.56). This effect was observed across varying research methods (experimental, correlational, longitudinal); types of media (video games, movies, advertising, TV, music); and differing risk-related outcome measures (e.g., smoking, drinking, risky driving, sexual behavior). Multiple moderator analyses revealed 2 theoretically new boundary conditions for sociocognitive models. First, the effect was stronger for active (i.e., video games) than for passive (e.g., film, music) exposure to risk-glorifying media content. Second, the effect was stronger when there was a high degree of contextual fit between the media content and type of risk-taking measure. The theoretical, practical, and societal implications of the present research synthesis are discussed. (Contains 1 figure, 7 tables and 6 footnotes.) (As Provided).
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