Social Cognitive Theory of Mass Communication

By A. Bandura. 2001

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Subfields: Literature and Literary Theory, Social Psychology, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics

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The effect of social network sites on adolescents' social and academic development: Current theories and controversies (2011, background): “Selfefficacy, a major part of Bandura’s (2002) social cognitive theory, describes how capable one feels about accomplishing a task.”
Violence in Children's Television Programming: Assessing the Risks (2002, background): “According to social cognitive theory, as well as empirical research, an engaging or attractive perpetrator can be a potent role model, especially for children, and thus increases the likelihood that viewers will learn aggression from a portrayal (see Bandura, 1986, 1994 ).”
Celebrity influences on consumer decision making: new insights and research directions (2019, background): “Identification is a key component in the process of social influence (Bandura, 2001; Kelman, 1961) and is used in marketing communications tactics by suggesting that consumers immerse into alternative imaginary celebrity lifestyles, hoping to expand their perspectives of reality (Cohen, 2014).”
Pinterest or Thinterest?: Social Comparison and Body Image on Social Media (2016, background): “Essentially, this concept involves a complex combination of cultural pressures to conform to standards of physical attractiveness, including standards of female beauty (Bandura, 2009).”
Investigation of nomophobia and smartphone addiction predictors among adolescents in Turkey: Demographic variables and academic performance (2019, background): “This theory is one of the theoretical models employed to examine media consumption behaviours (Bandura, 2001a, 2001b; LaRose, Lin, & Eastin, 2003).”
Video Game Characters and the Socialization of Gender Roles: Young People’s Perceptions Mirror Sexist Media Depictions (2007, background): “Bandura’s Social Cognitive Theory of mass communication (Bandura 2001) stresses the processing of symbols in making sense of one’s social environment.”
Does Exposure to Sexual Hip-Hop Music Videos Influence the Sexual Attitudes of College Students? (2009, background): “Two aspects of social cognitive theory relevant to the current study are the concepts of vicarious learning and abstract modeling (Bandura, 2002).”
From Ally McBeal to Sábado Gigante (2005, background): “In addition, both social cognitive theory (Bandura, 1994) and Greenberg’s (1988) drench hypothesis focus on viewers’ levels of connection or identification with particular media models as the influential 458 JOURNAL OF ADOLESCENT RESEARCH / July 2005 force.”
Equally Super?: Gender-Role Stereotyping of Superheroes in Children's Animated Programs (2007, background): “Similarly, studies investigating social learning theory have consistently reported that children can model roles and behaviors seen on television (Bandura, 2002; Barcus, 1983), in particular those portrayed in animated programming (Forge & Phemister, 1987).”
Drama Theory and Entertainment Education: Exploring the Effects of a Radio Drama on Behavioral Intentions to Limit HIV Transmission in Ethiopia (2007, background): “‘‘Whatever other factors serve as guides and motivators, they are rooted in the core belief that one has the power to produce desired effects by one’s actions, otherwise one has little incentive to act or to persevere’’ (Bandura, 2002a, p. 270).”
Picture Perfect: The Direct Effect of Manipulated Instagram Photos on Body Image in Adolescent Girls (2018, methodology): “This is in line with the extensive identification literature, combining social cognitive theory (Bandura, 2002), the message-interpretation process model (Austin & Meili, 1994), and exemplification theory (Zillmann & Brosius, 2000).”
Viewer Aggression and Homophily, Identification, and Parasocial Relationships With Television Characters (2003, background): “Social cognitive theory also accounts for homophily, suggesting that people are more likely to pay attention to and be influenced by models who are perceived to be similar (Bandura, 1994).”
Does Character Similarity Increase Identification and Persuasion? (2018, background): “Additionally, messages conveyed by characters with whom we are involved garner more attention and are more likely to be attended to, remembered, and learned (Bandura, 2001).”
The Relationship Between Online Pornography and the Sexual Objectification of Women: The Attenuating Role of Porn Literacy Education (2017, background): “…cognitive theory, for instance, posits that observing a promoted view or behavior in the environment may not be adopted when such views or behaviors conflict with other cognitions of the individual (Bandura, 2001), which could include critical cognitions adopted through media literacy education.”