Media Law Matrix BSCOM/268 Version 5 1 University of Phoenix MaterialMedia Law Matrix After reading Ch. 16 of the text, identify at least five laws relating to media regulation. Explain how the laws affect mass media and the public. Provide a brief description of ethical issues and considerations. Describe how these ethical considerations are related to the laws you have identified. Use complete sentences for your media law and ethical issue responses. Cite your sources. Mass Media Laws Law Effects Related Ethical Issues Select two issues currently in the media—one local issue and one global issue—related to media in society. NOTE: These are ethical media issues, not social issues. A local issue would be a newspaper or a TV reporter who presented information in a biased fashion or who left out critical information that led viewers/readers to draw and erroneous conclusion. A global media issue would the Lara Logan debacle from 60 Minutes where she featured a security contractor who claimed to have been in the Benghazi Libya consulate when it was attacked by rebels. The US military and BBC had interviewed him previously and confirmed he was not at the consulate. She had not verified her source.(You may not use this example). Local media issue: What are the relevant laws related to the issue? In 350 words, explain the legal implications and ethical considerations as they apply to the media’s responsibility. Global media issue: What are the relevant laws related to the issue? In 350 words, explain the legal implications and ethical considerations as they apply to the media’s responsibility. Copyright © 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2008 by University of Phoenix. All rights reserved. Violent Themes in Movies and Shows and Demonstrates how those Messages Affect Young Kids. Name: Institution: Course: Date: Introduction Mass media has impacted communication both positively and negatively. Mass media has resulted to the immoral behaviors among the kid. Exposure to violent media content increase risk of kid to possessing violent behaviors. The presentation discuss both short term and long term detrimental effects of exposure to violent media content. Media violence refers to the physical acts that are aggressive against one person of their character against the other. The behaviors has been instilled into the mind of the young kids who are exposed to violent media content, has changed the aspect of who to emulate as a role model. To many they follow celebrates due to the popularity in their different fields as per the look at the media. Thus with the new technology, transition from the old to digital media has impacted the world interms of power and strength. The social environment of the 21st century has been taken over by the mass media due to the saturation of the daily lives as well as our culture (Krahe et al., 2011). Thereby assuming integral roles pertaining the childrens daily lives due to the use of m.

1. Media Law Matrix
BSCOM/268 Version 5
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University of Phoenix MaterialMedia Law Matrix
After reading Ch. 16 of the text, identify at least five laws
relating to media regulation. Explain how the laws affect mass
media and the public. Provide a brief description of ethical
issues and considerations. Describe how these ethical
considerations are related to the laws you have identified. Use
complete sentences for your media law and ethical issue
responses. Cite your sources.
Mass Media Laws
Law Effects
Related Ethical Issues
Select two issues currently in the media—one local issue and
one global issue—related to media in society. NOTE: These
are ethical media issues, not social issues. A local issue would
be a newspaper or a TV reporter who presented information in a

2. biased fashion or who left out critical information that led
viewers/readers to draw and erroneous conclusion. A global
media issue would the Lara Logan debacle from 60 Minutes
where she featured a security contractor who claimed to have
been in the Benghazi Libya consulate when it was attacked by
rebels. The US military and BBC had interviewed him
previously and confirmed he was not at the consulate. She had
not verified her source.(You may not use this example).
Local media issue:
What are the relevant laws related to the issue? In 350 words,
explain the legal implications and ethical considerations as they
apply to the media’s responsibility.
Global media issue:
What are the relevant laws related to the issue? In 350 words,
explain the legal implications and ethical considerations as they
apply to the media’s responsibility.
Copyright © 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2008 by University
of Phoenix. All rights reserved.
Violent Themes in Movies and Shows and Demonstrates how
those Messages Affect Young Kids.
Name:
Institution:
Course:
Date:
Introduction
Mass media has impacted communication both positively and
negatively.

3. Mass media has resulted to the immoral behaviors among the
kid.
Exposure to violent media content increase risk of kid to
possessing violent behaviors.
The presentation discuss both short term and long term
detrimental effects of exposure to violent media content.
Media violence refers to the physical acts that are aggressive
against one person of their character against the other.
The behaviors has been instilled into the mind of the young kids
who are exposed to violent media content, has changed the
aspect of who to emulate as a role model. To many they follow
celebrates due to the popularity in their different fields as per
the look at the media. Thus with the new technology, transition
from the old to digital media has impacted the world interms of
power and strength. The social environment of the 21st century
has been taken over by the mass media due to the saturation of
the daily lives as well as our culture (Krahe et al., 2011).
Thereby assuming integral roles pertaining the childrens daily
lives due to the use of mass media from cell phones, video
games, movies, TV, to computer networks. The effects of the
mass media are enormous and hence influencing our young kids
behaviors, beliefs and values more so the violent media content.
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Media and violence Aggression
Media and violence aggression is a threat towards the public
health since its ranked second according to it effects.
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Highlights of Media Violence Effects

4. Understanding how and why violent electronic media has caused
aggression behaviors in our young kids is vital.
Violent content media content results into two main effects.
Short term effects
Long Term effects
Both the effects have different time of displacement according
to the children’s engagements to the media and the age of the
kid. It has been evident that the time that would be used in other
essential activities such as learning and athletics has been
displaced to create room and enough time to engage on the
media shows and movies which are additive. Changes in the
language of the children or their behaviors to the violent
conducts will be real and noticeable by their parents,
community, among their peers and the family too. The picture
of kid playing a video game.
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Short-term Effects
Exposure to the violent media content result to short term effect
due to.
Priming process
Arousal Processes
Mimicry of particular behaviors
Priming Processes
Brain neural network that perceives external stimuli such as
emotions, cognition and ethical behaviors are excited to
aggressive lapse.
Aggressive content due to media violence populates the mind of
the kids.
Short-term Effects

5. Arousal Processes
Observer aggressive behavior be affected while watching a
presentation on mass media in two ways
1. Excitation transfer-example anger provocations due to
emotional transfer.
2. General arousal- emotional response such as despair, sadness,
discouragements.
Increased overall arousal alternatively accelerated the rate of
reaching peak of retaining inappropriate emotional responses
due to dominance of the learned responses.
For example mass media violent content arouse emotion that has
been miss-attributed or exaggerated as result of provocation
transfer due to the judgmental processes executed while the
person is aggressive. Such responses are learned and
demonstrated in violent mass media presentations for instance
direct instrumental aggression. Thus it very possible to corrupt
the child behavior conduct due to the provocation transfer to
emotions such as anger and possess aggressive responses which
he or she apply in day to day life (Anderson et al., 2010).
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Short-term Effects
Mimicry Process
Young kids has a tendency to emulate and put into practice of
what they observe to whomever is dear to them.
The probability is high for the young kid to copy and imitate
violent behaviors from the shows and movies they are exposed
to.
Neurological processes fill up the gap by providing mirror
neuron associated to the behavior the was observed.
Young kids specifically those without the knowledge to discern

6. between the right and the wrong are prone to mimic violent
behaviors that make them feel conformable while practicing
them without gauging whether the behaviors are ethical and
morally right (Huesmann, 2007). The behavior becomes normal
in accordance to how often the child is exposed to the violent
material on the mass media. According to Eron and his friend
they were arrested and prosecuted at an age of 8 years they
confessed that the behavior they has inclined to which lead
them to this far was mimicry of mas media violent contents
targeting the adults (Huesmann, 2007). Picture indicate how
violent media content has contributed to the mimicking of
celebrities lives to the young children
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Long-term Effects
Long-term effects due to the exposure of the violent media
content are as results of
Observational learning that are lasting on behaviors and
cognitions.
Desensitization
Suicide like in the picture is an long term effect of exposure to
violent mass media contents.
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Long-term Effects
Observational learning
Child acquires unethical social cognitive models
Due to the external factors being more frequent from the violent
mass media content
Shooting incidences,
Warfare's,

7. Hostility
The are far beyond the community accepted codes at the family
or community level
Long-term Effects
Desensitization
Video games, mass media affect emotions resulting to
socialization difficulties.
Leads to negative emotion due to frequent exposure to violence
Negative emotional responses becomes habitual and the child
loss sense of suffering or pain of others
The child becomes more fearful and not caring at all.
The aggressive conduct towards others.
Exposing young kids to the violent behavior mass media content
increases the probability of the child to immediately
demonstrate or afterward the aggressive behavior exposed to. In
case of desensitization the child loss the sense of humanity to
adoring competition and valuing the act of winning which
would create more conflicts due to the pain inflicted while one
losses. It has been evident in the past few year the game by the
name “Blue Whale” claimed lives of good number of young kid
due to suggestion that are violent after losing or winning
(Kumar et al., 2017).
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Long-term Effects
Effects of desensitization contributes to increases cases of
shooting carried by the youths and children.
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8. Conclusion
In conclusion, children as well as adults are at high risk of
behaving more aggressive at the short period of time advancing
in the long run due to the exposure to electronic media
violence. The increases is associated to the rises of the many
factors that upon applying in day to day lives they are reflected
as public health threats. Moreover it doesn’t mean that every
child exposed to the violent media content will acquires
conditions in relation to the violent behaviors but the likelihood
are high and thus the issue has to be address and right measure
be taken in advance.
References
Huesmann, L. R. (2007). The impact of electronic media
violence: Scientific theory and research. Journal of Adolescent
health, 41(6), S6-S13.
Krahe, B., Moller, I., Kirwil, L., Huesmann, L.R., Felber, J., &
Berger, A. (2011). Desensitization to Media Violence: Links
With Habitual Media Violence Exposure, Aggressive
Cognitions, and Aggressive Behavior. Journal of Personality
and Social Psychology, Vol. 100, No. 4.
Anderson, C.A., Ihori, Nobuko, Bushman, B.J., Rothstein, H.R.,
Shibuya, A., Swing, E.L., Sakamoto, A., & Saleem, M. (2010).
Violent Video Game Effects on Aggression, Empathy, and
Prosocial Behavior in Eastern and Western Countries: A Meta-
Analytic Review. Psychological Bulletin, Vo. 126, No. 2.
Kumar, A., Pandey, S. N., Pareek, V., Faiq, M. A., Khan, N. I.,
& Sharma, V. (2017). Psychobiological determinants of ‘Blue
Whale Suicide Challenge’victimization: A proposition for the
agency mediated mental health risk in new media
age. Etiologically Elusive Disorders Research Network
(EEDRN).