What is it about?
This experiment exposed college students to music videos portraying realistic or symbolic relationship violence. Watching the videos, becoming engaged in the videos, and enjoying the videos led people to rate warning signs of abuse as less abusive.
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Why is it important?
Relationship violence portrayed realistically and in an engaging narrative has the potential to desensitize viewers to the possibility of relationship violence in real life. Relationship violence is a serious problem, and not recognizing warning signs can put people (more likely women, but not exclusively) at risk.
Perspectives
This study was initiated by one of my master's students at IUPUI (Masterson). It was a great idea, and I'm glad we were able to publish this research.
Dr. Nancy Rhodes
Michigan State University
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This page is a summary of: Portrayals of Intimate Partner Violence in Music Videos: Effects on Perceptions of IPV Warning Signs, Media Psychology, January 2017, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.1080/15213269.2016.1267648.
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