Edward Donnerstein
Biographic Data
| ID | 81222 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Edward Donnerstein |
| GIVEN NAMES | Edward |
| FAMILY NAME | Donnerstein |
| SIGNATURE | DONNERSTEIN E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Iowa State University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 45 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 243 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 45 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1971 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| H-INDEX | 10 |
The Influence of Media Violence on Youth
Research on violent television and films, video games, and music reveals unequivocal evidence that media violence increases the likelihood of aggressive and violent behavior in both immediate and long-term contexts. The effects appear larger for milder than for more severe forms of aggression, but the effects on severe forms of violence are also substantial ( r = .13 to .32) when compared with effects of other violence risk factors or medical eff…
Sexual messages during prime-time programming
Deciphering the V-Chip: An Examination of the Television Industry's Program Rating Judgments
This study investigated the validity of the television industry's labeling of sensitive program content following the advent of the V-chip television ratings system. The analysis is based on a large program sample gathered from 10 of the most frequently viewed channels including broadcast network, independent broadcast, basic cable, and premium cable channels. Programs were examined for the nature and extent of portrayals of violence, sexual beha…
Violence in Children's Television Programming: Assessing the Risks
This study investigates the nature and extent of violence contained in television programming that targets children aged 12 and younger. The measures employed in this content analysis are grounded in previous experimental research that bas identified contextual features that either diminish or enhance the risk of harmful effects associated with viewing violent portrayals. This report uses the database from the National Television Violence Study (…
Women's Reactions to Sexually Aggressive Mass Media Depictions
The idea that the media contribute to a cultural climate that is supportive of attitudes facilitating violence against women, diminishes concern for female victims (desensitization), and produces negative changes in women's views of themselves was investigated. Women viewed a film per day for 4 days from one of three categories: a) sexually explicit but nonviolent stimuli, b) sexually explicit, sexually violent stimuli, and c) mildly sexually exp…
Discrepancies between the Legal Code and Community Standards for Sex and Violence: An Empirical Challenge to Traditional Assumptions in Obscenity Law
Community standards for sexually explicit and violent depictions were measured using a representative sample of Western Tennessee residents. The residents were randomly assigned to view sexually explicit films charged in an obscenity case, violent materials, or control materials. The results showed that residents believe the sexually explicit films charged in the case did not appeal to a self-reported shameful, morbid, or unhealthy (prurient) int…
Big World, Small Screen: The Role of Television in American Society
Sexual Violence in the Mass Media: Legal Solutions, Warnings, and Mitigation Through Education
Depictions of sexual violence in the media can promote antisocial attitudes and behavior. Three approaches to the problem of sexual violence in the media are explored: (a) legal restrictions, (b) informational labeling, and (c) formal education. It is premature to advocate legal restrictions since existing research leaves too many questions unanswered. Informational labeling is not a viable solution because of problems inherent in the most widely…
Estimating Community Standars: Reply
Journal Article REPLY Get access DANIEL LINZ, DANIEL LINZ Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar EDWARD DONNERSTEIN EDWARD DONNERSTEIN Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Public Opinion Quarterly, Volume 56, Issue 1, SPRING 1992, Pages 130–131, https://doi.org/10.1086/269302 Published: 01 January 1992
The Impact of Social Issue Television Programming on Attitudes Toward Rape
A field experiment was conducted to evaluate the impact of a television movie about acquaintance rape on subsequent attitudes about rape. To maximize external validity, a nationally representative sample of 1,038 male and female adults from three age groups was selected to participate in the study. These participants were then randomly assigned to view or not view the movie over a closed-circuit channel, prior to the network broadcast of the film…
Estimating Community Standars: The Use of Social Science Evidence in an Obscenity Prosecution
Journal Article ESTIMATING COMMUNITY STANDARDS: THE USE OF SOCIAL SCIENCE EVIDENCE IN AN OBSCENITY PROSECUTION Get access DANIEL LINZ, DANIEL LINZ DANIEL LINZ is Associate Professor of Communication at the University of California, Santa Barbara Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar EDWARD DONNERSTEIN, EDWARD DONNERSTEIN EDWARD DONNERSTEIN is Professor of Communication at the University of California, Santa Barb…
Physiological Desensitization and Judgments About Female Victims of Violence
Journal Article Physiological Desensitization and Judgments about Female Victims of Violence Get access Daniel Linz, Daniel Linz 1Daniel Linz (Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, 1985) is Assistant Professor of Communication at the University of California, Santa Barbara Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Edward Donnerstein, Edward Donnerstein 2Edward Donnerstein (Ph.D., Florida State University, 1972) is Profess…
A critical analysis of “a critical analysis of recent research on violent erotica”
Upon reading the article by Mould (1988) we found it difficult to contain our surprise. Why, we wondered, are we debating the merits of two articles (Donnerstein & Berkowitz, 1981; Malamuth & Check, 1980) on the effects of exposure to sexual violence pubiished seven years ago? (The studies described in the articles have been conducted nearly a decade ago.) There has been much additional theorrizing about the effects of exposure to sexual violence…
Effects of long-term exposure to violent and sexually degrading depictions of women
The findings and recommendations of the Attorney General's Commission on Pornography: Do the psychological "facts" fit the political fury
Pornography and Sexual Aggression
Issues Bearing on the Legal Regulation of Violent and Sexually Violent Media
In this article we consider a number of legal responses to the problem of media violence. We underscore the tension between evidence collected by social scientists and traditional First Amendment (free speech) protections, noting several criticisms of media violence research that challenge the use of this research to establish legal harms. The second half of this article covers legal actions against sexually violent materials to which social scie…
Mass Media Sexual Violence and Male Viewers: Current Theory and Research
The Effects of Multiple Exposures to Filmed Violence Against Women
Daniel Linz, Edward Donnerstein, Steven Penrod; The Effects of Multiple Exposures to Filmed Violence Against Women, Journal of Communication, Volume 34, Is
Aggression and Inequity11Preparation of this chapter was supported in part by Nimh grant 1F32 MH07788-01 to Donnerstein, and in part by a National Institute of Health Grant for Biomedical Research to …
External validity is more than skin deep: Some answers to criticisms of laboratory experiments
External validity is more than skin deep: Some answers to criticisms of laboratory experiments
Film-facilitated arousal and prosocial behavior
Victim reactions in aggressive erotic films as a factor in violence against women
The present study was designed to investigate whether the behavioral characteristics of the people in erotic films and the nature of the targets available for aggression afterward can affect subsequent aggression. In Experiment 1, male subjects were angered by a male or female confederate. They were then shown a neutral film or one of three erotic films. The erotic films differed in terms of their aggressive content (two were aggressive and one w…
Aggressive erotica and violence against women
To examine the effects of aggressive-erotic stimuli on male aggression toward females, 120 male subjects were angered or treated in a neutral manner by a male or female confederate. Subjects were then shown either a neutral, erotic, or aggressive-erotic film and given an opportunity to aggress against the male or female via the delivery of electric shock. Results indicated that the aggressive-erotic film was effective in increasing aggression ove…
Physiological Desensitization and Judgments About Female Victims of Violence
Journal Article Physiological Desensitization and Judgments about Female Victims of Violence Get access Daniel Linz, Daniel Linz 1Daniel Linz (Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, 1985) is Assistant Professor of Communication at the University of California, Santa Barbara Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Edward Donnerstein, Edward Donnerstein 2Edward Donnerstein (Ph.D., Florida State University, 1972) is Profess…
Effects of long-term exposure to violent and sexually degrading depictions of women
Erotic stimuli and aggression: Facilitation or inhibition
The present experiment attempted to reconcile previous results on the relationship of erotic stimuli and aggression. Subjects were either insulted or not insulted prior or subsequent to observing erotic stimuli of varying levels of arousal inducements. It was found, in support of prior research, that mildly erotic stimuli had an inhibiting effect on aggression when viewed subsequent to anger arousal, whereas highly erotic stimuli tended to mainta…
The findings and recommendations of the Attorney General's Commission on Pornography: Do the psychological "facts" fit the political fury
Victim reactions in aggressive erotic films as a factor in violence against women
The present study was designed to investigate whether the behavioral characteristics of the people in erotic films and the nature of the targets available for aggression afterward can affect subsequent aggression. In Experiment 1, male subjects were angered by a male or female confederate. They were then shown a neutral film or one of three erotic films. The erotic films differed in terms of their aggressive content (two were aggressive and one w…
Effects of noise and perceived control on ongoing and subsequent aggressive behavior
Two experiments examined the effects of high-intensity (95 dB [A]) noise on ongoing and postnoise aggressive behavior. In Experiment 1, subjects were angered or treated in a neutral manner and given an opportunity to aggress against another subject while being exposed to high-intensity (95 dB) or low-intensity (55 dB) noise. Results indicated that high-intensity noise facilitated aggression for previously angered individuals. Experiment 2 examine…
Variables in interracial aggression: Anonymity, expected retaliation, and a riot
Two experiments employing white subjects examined the effects of anonymity, expected retaliation, race of target, and a campus racial disturbance on delivered and anticipated aggression (electric shock). Prior to statistical treatment, the data were subjected to principal components analyses, with three aggression components being identified: general direct aggression, extremes in direct aggression, and indirect aggression. In Experiment I, it wa…
Variables in interracial aggression: Potential ingroup censure
Sexual messages during prime-time programming
The Impact of Social Issue Television Programming on Attitudes Toward Rape
A field experiment was conducted to evaluate the impact of a television movie about acquaintance rape on subsequent attitudes about rape. To maximize external validity, a nationally representative sample of 1,038 male and female adults from three age groups was selected to participate in the study. These participants were then randomly assigned to view or not view the movie over a closed-circuit channel, prior to the network broadcast of the film…
Facilitating effects of erotica on aggression against women
In order to examine the effects of highly erotic stimuli on aggression against females, male subjects were angered by a male or female confederate and exposed to an erotic film, an aggressive film, or a nonfilm condition. Subjects were given two opportunities to aggress against the confederate. It was found that both the aggressive and the erotic films increased aggression against both targets during the first and second aggression opportunities.…
Aggressive erotica and violence against women
To examine the effects of aggressive-erotic stimuli on male aggression toward females, 120 male subjects were angered or treated in a neutral manner by a male or female confederate. Subjects were then shown either a neutral, erotic, or aggressive-erotic film and given an opportunity to aggress against the male or female via the delivery of electric shock. Results indicated that the aggressive-erotic film was effective in increasing aggression ove…
Women's Reactions to Sexually Aggressive Mass Media Depictions
The idea that the media contribute to a cultural climate that is supportive of attitudes facilitating violence against women, diminishes concern for female victims (desensitization), and produces negative changes in women's views of themselves was investigated. Women viewed a film per day for 4 days from one of three categories: a) sexually explicit but nonviolent stimuli, b) sexually explicit, sexually violent stimuli, and c) mildly sexually exp…
Estimating Community Standars: The Use of Social Science Evidence in an Obscenity Prosecution
Journal Article ESTIMATING COMMUNITY STANDARDS: THE USE OF SOCIAL SCIENCE EVIDENCE IN AN OBSCENITY PROSECUTION Get access DANIEL LINZ, DANIEL LINZ DANIEL LINZ is Associate Professor of Communication at the University of California, Santa Barbara Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar EDWARD DONNERSTEIN, EDWARD DONNERSTEIN EDWARD DONNERSTEIN is Professor of Communication at the University of California, Santa Barb…
Mass Media Sexual Violence and Male Viewers: Current Theory and Research
Effects of erotic stimuli on male aggression toward females
In order to examine the effects of highly erotic films on aggression toward females, male subjects were first either angered or treated in a neutral manner by a male or female confederate. After viewing a highly erotic film or a neutral film, subjects were given an opportunity to both aggress against and reward the confederate. Erotic films were found to increase aggression overall, but there was no indication of differential aggression as a func…
A critical analysis of “a critical analysis of recent research on violent erotica”
Upon reading the article by Mould (1988) we found it difficult to contain our surprise. Why, we wondered, are we debating the merits of two articles (Donnerstein & Berkowitz, 1981; Malamuth & Check, 1980) on the effects of exposure to sexual violence pubiished seven years ago? (The studies described in the articles have been conducted nearly a decade ago.) There has been much additional theorrizing about the effects of exposure to sexual violence…
Film-facilitated arousal and prosocial behavior
Discrepancies between the Legal Code and Community Standards for Sex and Violence: An Empirical Challenge to Traditional Assumptions in Obscenity Law
Community standards for sexually explicit and violent depictions were measured using a representative sample of Western Tennessee residents. The residents were randomly assigned to view sexually explicit films charged in an obscenity case, violent materials, or control materials. The results showed that residents believe the sexually explicit films charged in the case did not appeal to a self-reported shameful, morbid, or unhealthy (prurient) int…
The effects of humor-induced arousal upon aggressive behavior
White rewarding behavior as a function of the potential for black retaliation
The effects of a model's success or failure on subsequent aggressive behavior
Where is the facilitation of media violence: The effects of nonexposure and placement of anger arousal
The effect of attitudinal similarity on interracial aggression 1
Some implications for psychological research of early versus late term participation by college subjects
Group Hysteria and the MMPI
Following a labeled case of a group conversion reaction, the authors attempted to re-investigate the plausibility of an hysterical personality. 96 students, including those who manifested the symptoms, were administered 100 items from the MMPI, including the Hysteria scale (No. 3). Chi square analysis showed significactly more females manifested hysterical physical symptoms than males, while the over-all analysis of variance, although in the expe…
Variables in interracial aggression: Anonymity, expected retaliation, and a riot
Two experiments employing white subjects examined the effects of anonymity, expected retaliation, race of target, and a campus racial disturbance on delivered and anticipated aggression (electric shock). Prior to statistical treatment, the data were subjected to principal components analyses, with three aggression components being identified: general direct aggression, extremes in direct aggression, and indirect aggression. In Experiment I, it wa…
White rewarding behavior as a function of the potential for black retaliation
Variables in interracial aggression: Potential ingroup censure
Some implications for psychological research of early versus late term participation by college subjects
The effect of attitudinal similarity on interracial aggression 1
Erotic stimuli and aggression: Facilitation or inhibition
The present experiment attempted to reconcile previous results on the relationship of erotic stimuli and aggression. Subjects were either insulted or not insulted prior or subsequent to observing erotic stimuli of varying levels of arousal inducements. It was found, in support of prior research, that mildly erotic stimuli had an inhibiting effect on aggression when viewed subsequent to anger arousal, whereas highly erotic stimuli tended to mainta…
Legal and ethical aspects of nonreactive social psychological research: An excursion into the public mind
Legal and ethical aspects of nonreactive social psychological research: An excursion into the public mind
Where is the facilitation of media violence: The effects of nonexposure and placement of anger arousal
Effects of noise and perceived control on ongoing and subsequent aggressive behavior
Two experiments examined the effects of high-intensity (95 dB [A]) noise on ongoing and postnoise aggressive behavior. In Experiment 1, subjects were angered or treated in a neutral manner and given an opportunity to aggress against another subject while being exposed to high-intensity (95 dB) or low-intensity (55 dB) noise. Results indicated that high-intensity noise facilitated aggression for previously angered individuals. Experiment 2 examine…
Modeling in the control of interracial aggression: The problem of generality 1
The Poverty Alleviation in the Wake of Typhoon Yolanda Surveys are household surveys of 800 over three years (800 x 3) individuals in selected communities, in Tacloban, Tanauan and Palo in the province of Leyte, the Philippines. The survey covers experiences from pre- to post-Yolanda. Disaster response, resilience and community support are its main focus. Respondents were asked questions on their experiences, attitudes and perceptions on assistan…
Facilitative Effects of Media Violence on Helping
The present experiment was undertaken to test the generality of Tannenbaum and Zillmann's arousal-excitation transfer model. 83 female subjects were insulted, praised, or treated in a neutral manner by the experimenter and then watched a neutral, arousing, or aggressive film clip. After viewing the film the subjects were given the opportunity both to aggress against and later to help the experimenter. Insulted subjects were more aggressive but no…
The public as an ethical consultant: A reply to Apple and to Sieber
The public as an ethical consultant: A reply to Apple and to Sieber
The effects of humor-induced arousal upon aggressive behavior
Direct and vicarious censure in the control of interracial aggression1
An experimental explored the relative effectiveness of two strategies for controlling interracial aggression: observing other individuals censured for aggression and potential direct censure of the aggressor himself. Subjects were provided with an opportunity to agress under conditions designed to maximize or reduce each type of censure. A principal components analysis of the data revealed two orthogonal variates: direct aggression and indirect a…
The effects of a model's success or failure on subsequent aggressive behavior
Effects of erotic stimuli on male aggression toward females
In order to examine the effects of highly erotic films on aggression toward females, male subjects were first either angered or treated in a neutral manner by a male or female confederate. After viewing a highly erotic film or a neutral film, subjects were given an opportunity to both aggress against and reward the confederate. Erotic films were found to increase aggression overall, but there was no indication of differential aggression as a func…
Facilitating effects of erotica on aggression against women
In order to examine the effects of highly erotic stimuli on aggression against females, male subjects were angered by a male or female confederate and exposed to an erotic film, an aggressive film, or a nonfilm condition. Subjects were given two opportunities to aggress against the confederate. It was found that both the aggressive and the erotic films increased aggression against both targets during the first and second aggression opportunities.…
Aggressive erotica and violence against women
To examine the effects of aggressive-erotic stimuli on male aggression toward females, 120 male subjects were angered or treated in a neutral manner by a male or female confederate. Subjects were then shown either a neutral, erotic, or aggressive-erotic film and given an opportunity to aggress against the male or female via the delivery of electric shock. Results indicated that the aggressive-erotic film was effective in increasing aggression ove…
Film-facilitated arousal and prosocial behavior
Victim reactions in aggressive erotic films as a factor in violence against women
The present study was designed to investigate whether the behavioral characteristics of the people in erotic films and the nature of the targets available for aggression afterward can affect subsequent aggression. In Experiment 1, male subjects were angered by a male or female confederate. They were then shown a neutral film or one of three erotic films. The erotic films differed in terms of their aggressive content (two were aggressive and one w…
Aggression and Inequity11Preparation of this chapter was supported in part by Nimh grant 1F32 MH07788-01 to Donnerstein, and in part by a National Institute of Health Grant for Biomedical Research to …
External validity is more than skin deep: Some answers to criticisms of laboratory experiments
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