TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2019//
TI  - Exploring the relationship between weapons desirability and media
JO  - Psychology of popular media culture
A1  - Chadee, Derek
A1  - Surette, Raymond
SP  - 464
EP  - 472
VL  - 8
IS  - 4
N2  - This study explores the prerequisites to weapon desire, an underresearched area. Collectively, the literature on media influence, cultivation hypothesis, social learning, and imitation lend credibility to the hypothesis that exposure to crime-related media content will result in increased desire for weapon ownership. The specific research question examined in this study is as follows: What is the relationship of wanting a weapon (either a gun or a knife) following exposure to media content? Derived from the extant literature, a plausible source of weapon desire is explored based on face-to-face interviews (603 respondents) in an adult population. Social media usage, direct and indirect victimization, and being under 40 years of age were the direct predictors of weapon desirability. Being under 40, gender (being male), crime concerns, social media, and knowledge of other crime victims (indirect victimization) had higher total effects. The relationship between legacy media and weapon desirability, though hypothetically consistent with the cultivation hypothesis, was not observed. Not all media usage in our study supported the research position that legacy media consumption affects perceptions about weapons and their desirability. <br><br>RESULTS are discussed in the context of the imitation and cultivation hypothesis. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved)<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 2160-4134
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/ppm0000190
ID  - ref1
ER  -