PDF Documents and Links

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Introduction:

Media Influence is the study of the way in which media texts and mediums such as television and video games may (or may not) influence groups of people in society.

Media Inflence:

This page contains links to a number PDF documents and external sites that are relivant to the Victorian VCE subject Media - Unit 4.
Some PDF documents are located on this site and others may be located on external sites.
While I am not responsible for the external documents it would be apprieciated if you tell me if there are any broken links.

Media Influence Overview." This document contains general terms and examples I will update it as required.

ACTF TV and Young Children." This document contains a discussion on Children and TV by the Australian Childrens TV Fund pub. 2002.

Getting Started." This document by Lee Burton was published in Screen Education magazine (2006) and is aimed at Primary teachers but contains a good summary.

Hanging Out." An up to date study on how young people use the Web, Games, etc.

Killing_Time_Or_Learning_To_Kill .pdf A general discussion on media influence in Australia.

Metro 110 Media Violence.pdf A general discussion on media violence from a Melbourne persective.

Once More With Feeling.pdf

Research on the Effects of Media Violence.pdf

Media Influence/Searching for a Link

TAC. Selected parts of the Resouce guide.

TV trauma and children. A guide asimed at parents of young children on using the TV with young children. Pub. 2002.

Television A Media Student’s Guide.pdf

Violence in the media: its effects on children A study by the Victorian Parenting Centre and Young Media Australia

Transmission Models

Laswell

A brief over view of the Laswell model with further reading references.

Shannon Weaver Model

A good overview of the Shannon Weaver Model with good interactive diagrams

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Page updated 24 July 2008