媒体与青少年暴力

Media and Adolescent Violence

青少年是各种媒体的重要消费者,不少国家和地区的研究都发现,除了上学和睡觉,青少年花在媒体上的时间比其他任何活动都多。然而,现代媒体充满了暴力,大量的实证研究已用科学数据确凿地证明,媒体暴力极大影响了青少年的暴力行为、暴力思想和情感。在此基础上,进一步分析了媒体暴力影响青少年的机制与中介因素,并从媒体使用和监管等角度阐述了减少和预防媒体暴力对青少年影响的应对措施。

Adolescents are the major consumers of media. Investigations in most countries and areas have revealed that adolescents spent more time on media than on any other activities besides schooling and sleeping. However, modern media is full of violence, many empirical studies have demonstrated that media violence indirectly instigates violent and aggressive behavior and aggressive thoughts. Furthermore, the present article analyzes how media violence instigates adolescent violence, and moderators that increase or decrease the media influence. Additionally, the article also offers measures to reduce and prevent the influence of media violence on adolescents from the view of media use and access.