Media Use, Gender, and Attitudes Toward Guns and Violence

A survey of 189 undergraduate students enrolled in an introductory journalism class was conducted to explore the relationships among violent media use, attitudes toward guns and violence, and gender. Results indicated that video game use and television and movie use were positively related to attitudes toward guns and violence. Results also indicated that female participants were less positive toward guns, violence, and video games than were male participants. Results are interpreted in terms of cognitive schema and cognitive priming.

Publisher: Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Communication Association, Marriott Hotel, San Diego, CA, May 27, 2003
Year of Publication: 2003