The Effects of Social Class, Gender, and Personality on Physiological Responses to Filmed Violence.

Frost, Richard; Stauffer, John

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Publication Date: 1987

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The Effects of Social Class, Gender, and Personality on Physiological Responses to Filmed Violence.

Frost, Richard; Stauffer, John

Journal of Communication, v37 n2 p29-45 Spr 1987

Examines the possible factors affecting emotional arousal in response to media violence. Indicates that inner-city subjects were significantly more aroused than was a college sample by viewing 10 types of violence. Suggests that gender was not a mediating factor in arousal to violence. (NKA)

Descriptors: College Students, Emotional Response, Films, Higher Education, Mass Media Effects, Media Research, Personality Traits, Sex Differences, Social Class, Urban Population, Victims of Crime, Violence

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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