Does televised drinking influence children's attitudes toward alcohol?

Kotch, Jonathan B.; Coulter, Martha L.; Lipsitz, Angela

doi:10.1016/0306-4603(86)90012-2

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“…In addition, mixed findings exist with regard to the effect of gender on this relationship. For example, Fischer et al (2007, Study 3) observed that racing video game consumption was positively associated with heightened risk tolerance in road traffic for male participants but not for females (for similar, mixed findings regarding gender differences and risk taking as a function of exposure to risk-glorifying media, see Kotch, Coulter, & Lipsitz, 1986;Somers & Tynan, 2006). Further studies demonstrating mixed or null findings have been reported by Brown and Newcomer (1991); Chapin (2000); Fischer et al (2009, Study 4, observers of racing video games), and Peterson, Moore, and Furstenberg (1991, female sample).…”

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The effects of risk-glorifying media exposure on risk-positive cognitions, emotions, and behaviors: A meta-analytic review.

Fischer¹,

Greitemeyer²,

Kastenmüller³

et al. 2011

Psychological Bulletin

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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 ϭ .41); as well as its underlying dimensions: risk-taking behaviors (g ϭ .41), risk-positive cognitions and attitudes (g ϭ .35), and risk-positive emotions (g ϭ .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.

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The effects of risk-glorifying media exposure on risk-positive cognitions, emotions, and behaviors: A meta-analytic review.

Fischer¹,

Greitemeyer²,

Kastenmüller³

et al. 2011

Psychological Bulletin

156

107

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“…Experiments in which preadolescents were exposed to brief alcohol portrayals on television have demonstrated short-term increases in proalcohol attitudes and actions. 26,27 In experiments on actual drinking behaviors, exposing college students to alcohol advertisements has produced variable increases in short-term alcohol consumption. 28,29 A causal relationship is clearly plausible, and coherent with a number of theoretic perspectives.…”

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Television and Music Video Exposure and Risk of Adolescent Alcohol Use

1998

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ABSTRACT. Objective. Alcohol use is frequently portrayed in television programming and advertising. Exposure to media portrayals of alcohol use may lead to increased drinking. To address this issue, we examined prospectively the associations between media exposure and alcohol use in adolescents.Design. Prospective cohort study. Setting. Six public high schools in San Jose, California.Participants. Ninth-grade students (N ‫؍‬ 1533; mean age ‫؍‬ 14.6 years).Outcome

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“…More positive a fewer negative opinions emerged among children who had watched videos with alcohol consumption than among those who had not (Kotch, Coulter & Lipsitz, 1986).…”

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“…This finding should be no surprise given evidence we have already reviewed that showed drinking scenes have characterized popular TV drama serials for many years (Hansen, 1986(Hansen, , 2003Furnham, Ingle, Gunter & McClelland, 1997;Wallack, Breed & Cruz, 1987). Pre-teenage boys have been shown to display more positive opinions about alcohol consumption after watching a program that portrayed characters drinking, though there was no clear evidence that such exposure led to an increased likelihood of drinking onset (Kotch, Coulter, & Lipsitz, 1986).…”

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confidence: 92%

“…So far, however, experimental studies of the impact of alcohol portrayals in films and programs have produced only limited evidence of direct effects of exposure on alcohol consumption (Rychtarik, Fairbank, Allen, Foy, & Drabman 1983;Kotch, Coulter, & Lipsitz 1986;Sobell, Sobell, Riley, Klajner, et al, 1986). …”

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Alcohol, Advertising, Media, and Consumption among Children, Teenagers, and Young Adults

Hansen

Gunter

2013

Annals of the International Communication Association

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While much research on the roles of mediated communication in relation to alcohol consumption, drinking practices and alcohol-related issues has traditionally focused on alcohol advertising and related types of alcohol promotion, recent decades have witnessed a growing recognition that research attention needs to be given to the wider media and symbolic environment, through which norms and values associated with the use and abuse of alcohol are communicated. We start by reviewing the growing body of research which has examined the extent, distribution across media and genres, and the content of media messages about alcohol and drinking in advertising and entertainment media content. We then proceed to review the research evidence on

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Does televised drinking influence children's attitudes toward alcohol?

Cited by 34 publications

References 7 publications

The effects of risk-glorifying media exposure on risk-positive cognitions, emotions, and behaviors: A meta-analytic review.

The effects of risk-glorifying media exposure on risk-positive cognitions, emotions, and behaviors: A meta-analytic review.

Television and Music Video Exposure and Risk of Adolescent Alcohol Use

Alcohol, Advertising, Media, and Consumption among Children, Teenagers, and Young Adults

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