Reducing the Aggression-Promoting Effect of Violent Cartoons By Increasing Children's Fictional Involvement with the Victim: A Study of Active Mediation

By Amy I. Nathanson, Joanne Cantor. 2000

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Subfields: Education, Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science

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It’s a Bird! It’s a Plane! It’s a Gender Stereotype!: Longitudinal Associations Between Superhero Viewing and Gender Stereotyped Play (2014, background): “…relational aggression (Côté et al. 2007; Underwood et al. 2009)—but scholars have only argued that these gender differences explain why boys and girls respond differently to media depictions of violence (Nathanson and Cantor 2000), and not to the actual active mediation of these media depictions.”
The Unintended Effects of Parental Mediation of Television on Adolescents (2002, background): “…active mediation of violent television is related to less aggression (Corder-Bolz, 1980; Hicks, 1968; Horton & Santogrossi, 1978; Nathanson, 1999; Nathanson & Cantor, 2000) and positive mediation of television violence (e.g., statements such as “Boy, look at him go,” “He sure is a tough guy”) is…”
Mediation of Children’s Television Viewing: Working Toward Conceptual Clarity and Common Understanding (2001, background): “…studies (mostly experiments) have explored the effects of mediation offered by other adults, such as teachers (e.g., Corder-Bolz, 1980; Corder-Bolz & O’Bryant, 1978) and experimental confederates (e.g., Collins, Sobol, & Westby, 1981; Nathanson & Cantor, 2000; Valkenburg, Krcmar, & de Roos, 1998).”
Assessing Gender-Related Portrayals in Top-Grossing G-Rated Films (2010, background): “Specific types of mediation have been shown to be effective with boys in the television violence-aggressive behavior realm ( Nathanson and Cantor 2000 ).”
Harm and Offence in Media Content: A Review of the Evidence (2006, background): “Following up on such research, Nathanson has examined how different forms of mediation might mitigate the negative effects of viewing violent television content (Nathanson, 2001, 2004; Nathanson and Cantor, 2000).”
Parent and Child Perspectives on the Presence and Meaning of Parental Television Mediation (2001, background): “…be related to positive outcomes among children, including skepticism toward television news (Austin, 1993a), lower levels of aggression (Corder-Bolz, 1980; Nathanson, 1999; Nathanson & Cantor, 2000), and a better understanding of televised plots (Desmond, Singer, Singer, Calam, & Colimore, 1985).”
Do You See What I See? Parent and Child Reports of Parental Monitoring of Media (2012, background): “…on children, including modifying undesirable responses to advertising (Buijzen, 2009; Buijzen & Valkenburg, 2005), news (Buijzen, Walma van der Molen, & Sondij, 2007), violent programming (Corder-Bolz, 1980; Nathanson, 1999, 2004; Nathanson & Cantor, 2000), and scary content (Cantor, 1994).”
Parental Mediation of Undesired Advertising Effects (2005, unknown): “Parents can reduce undesirable media effects, including media-induced aggression (Nathanson, 1999, 2004; Nathanson & Cantor, 2000), fear responses (Cantor, Sparks, & Hoffner, 1988; Wilson, 1989; Wilson & Weiss, 1991), and alcohol use (Austin, 1997; Austin, Pinkleton, & Fujioka, 2000), and they can…”