Assignment
• Explain how Internet theories or hypotheses (displacement, cultivation effects, modeling, desensitization) most directly impact the behaviors and human development.
(2 Pages)
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
1. The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
2. The response also include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
3. Also Include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.
Required Readings
Theory Articles
Cultivation Effects
Chung, J. E. (2014). Medical dramas and viewer perception of health: Testing cultivation effects. Human Communication Research, 40(3), 333-349. DOI: 10.1111/hcre.12026
Note: You will access this article from the Walden Library databases.
Modeling and Desensitization
Funk, J. B., Buchman, D. D., Jenks, J., &Bechtoldt, H. (2003). Playing violent video games, desensitization, and moral evaluation in children. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 24(4), 413-436. DOI: 10.1016/S0193-3973(03)00073-X
Note: You will access this article from the Walden Library databases.
Hull, J. G., Draghici, A. M., & Sargent, J. D. (2012). A longitudinal study of risk-glorifying video games and reckless driving. Psychology of Popular Media Culture, 1(4), 244-253. 10.1037/a0029510
Note: You will access this article from the Walden Library databases.
Displacement Hypothesis
Mutz, D. C., Roberts, D. F., & van Vuuren, D. P. (1993). Reconsidering the displacement hypothesis: Television's influence on children's time use. Communication Research, 20(1), 51-75. DOI: 10.1177/009365093020001003
Reconsidering the Displacement Hypothesis: Television's Influence on Children's Time Use by Mutz, D.; Roberts, D.; van Vuuren, D., in Communication Research, Vol. 20/Issue 1. Copyright 1993 by Sage Publications Inc. - Journals. Reprinted by permission of Sage Publications Inc. - Journals via the Copyright Clearance Center.
Roberts, D. F., Henriksen, L., Voelker, D. H., & van Vuuren, D. P. (1993). Television and schooling: Displacement and distraction hypotheses. Australian Journal of Education, 37(2), 198-211. DOI: 10.1177/000494419303700207
Television and Schooling: Displacement and Distraction Hypotehses by Roberts, D.; Henriksen, L.; Voelker, D.; van Vuuren, D., in Australian Journal of Education, Vol. 37/Issue 2. Copyright 1993 by Sage Publications Ltd. Reprinted by permission of Sage Publications Ltd. via the Copyright Clearance Center.