Media’s Influence on the Accessibility of Altruistic and Egoistic Motivations

Tamborini, Ron; Lewis, Robert; Prabhu, Sujay; Grizzard, Matthew; Hahn, Lindsay; Wang, Lu

doi:10.1080/08824096.2016.1186627

Cited by 22 publications

(14 citation statements)

References 10 publications

(11 reference statements)

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…Lastly, although the dual‐process model is applied to moral judgments in the current study, the framework can be extended to incorporate a broader intuitionist perspective (Tamborini, Grizzard, Bowman, et al, ). Recent evidence demonstrates that narratives focusing on other intuitions and needs (e.g., those from self‐determination theory, Ryan & Deci, ; and some from Maslow's hierarchy, Maslow, ) can affect audience response (Tamborini, Lewis, Prabhu, Grizzard, & Wang, ; Tamborini, Prabhu, Wang, Lewis, & Grizzard, ). Other research shows similar results with nonnarrative media such as news (Tamborini, Prabhu, Wang, & Grizzard, 2013).…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Testing a Dual-Process Model of Media Enjoyment and Appreciation

2014

Self Cite

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Testing a Dual-Process Model of Media Enjoyment and Appreciation

2014

Self Cite

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

“…Notably, the MIME is not limited to soap opera. Recent studies testing the MIME have demonstrated the short‐term influence of courtroom drama (Tamborini, Lewis, Prabhu, Gizzard, & Wang, ) as well as situational comedy (Tamborini, Prabhu, Wang, Lewis, & Gizzard, ). Moreover, additional research indicates that the role of moral representations in nonfictional media, such as news, is also capable of shaping moral judgments.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Repeated Exposure to Narrative Entertainment and the Salience of Moral Intuitions

et al. 2014

Self Cite

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

R. Tamborini (2011, 2012) recently proposed the model of intuitive morality and exemplars (MIME), which combines theoretical developments in moral psychology with media theory to predict the influence of media exposure on morality. To test predictions from this model, a quasi‐experimental study conducted over 8 weeks exposed selected participants to an online soap opera. Participants' moral intuitions were measured pre‐exposure and postexposure. Consistent with predictions, results showed that repeated exposure to morally relevant media content is capable of influencing the salience of moral intuitions. The findings are consistent with the model's description of underlying mechanisms explicating the manner in which entertainment can influence moral judgments, and demonstrate the value of understanding the relationship between exposure to entertainment and moral judgment processes.

show abstract

“…4,5 Applied to video game play and, more specifically, the game utilized in the current study, engaging in unjustified violence in a video game should increase the salience of fairness and care intuitions (i.e., the intuitions violated by engaging in unjust violence). Related research has shown that exposure to television programming can increase the salience of content-relevant intuitions, 8,9 but the observed effects have been somewhat weak. This weakness may simply indicate that media's ability to affect these intuitions is weak.…”

mentioning

confidence: 99%

Being Bad in a Video Game Can Make Us Morally Sensitive

Grizzard

Tamborini

Lewis

et al. 2014

Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking

Self Cite

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Several researchers have demonstrated that the virtual behaviors committed in a video game can elicit feelings of guilt. Researchers have proposed that such guilt could have prosocial consequences. However, this proposition has not been supported with empirical evidence. The current study examined this issue in a 2 · 2 (video game play vs. real world recollection · guilt vs. control) experiment. Participants were first randomly assigned to either play a video game or complete a memory recall task. Next, participants were randomly assigned to either a guilt-inducing condition (game play as a terrorist/recall of acts that induce guilt) or a control condition (game play as a UN soldier/recall of acts that do not induce guilt). Results of the study indicate several important findings. First, the current results replicate previous research indicating that immoral virtual behaviors are capable of eliciting guilt. Second, and more importantly, the guilt elicited by game play led to intuition-specific increases in the salience of violated moral foundations. These findings indicate that committing ''immoral'' virtual behaviors in a video game can lead to increased moral sensitivity of the player. The potential prosocial benefits of these findings are discussed.

show abstract

Media’s Influence on the Accessibility of Altruistic and Egoistic Motivations

Cited by 22 publications

References 10 publications

Testing a Dual-Process Model of Media Enjoyment and Appreciation

Testing a Dual-Process Model of Media Enjoyment and Appreciation

Repeated Exposure to Narrative Entertainment and the Salience of Moral Intuitions

Being Bad in a Video Game Can Make Us Morally Sensitive

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About