Social facilitation
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| + | The '''audience effect''' is the impact that a passive audience has on a subject performing a task. It was first formally noted in various psychology studies in the early 20th century. During some studies the presence of a passive audience facilitated the better performance of a simple task; while in other studies the presence of a passive audience inhibited the performance of a more difficult task. | ||
| - | Early research into media audiences was dominated by the debate about '[[media effects]]', in particular the link between screen violence and real-life aggression. Several moral panics fuelled the claims, such as the incorrect presumptions that ''[[Rambo]]'' had influenced [[Michael Robert Ryan]] to commit the [[Hungerford massacre]], and that ''[[Child's Play 3]]'' had motivated the killers of [[James Bulger]] | + | In 1965, [[Robert Zajonc]] proposed [[Drive Theory (Social Psychology)|Drive theory]] as an explanation of the ''audience effect''. |
| - | In the 1990s, [[David Gauntlett]] published critiques on media 'effects', most notably the "Ten things wrong with the media effects model" article. | ||
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| - | + | * [[Audience theory]] | |
| - | *[[Audience]] | + | * [[Social facilitation]] |
| - | *[[Audience effect]] ("in subjects ranging from cockroaches to humans") | + | * [[Social inhibition]] |
| - | *[[Genre]] | + | * [[Social loafing]] |
| - | *[[Ideology]] | + | |
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The audience effect is the impact that a passive audience has on a subject performing a task. It was first formally noted in various psychology studies in the early 20th century. During some studies the presence of a passive audience facilitated the better performance of a simple task; while in other studies the presence of a passive audience inhibited the performance of a more difficult task.
In 1965, Robert Zajonc proposed Drive theory as an explanation of the audience effect.
See also
- Audience theory
- Social facilitation
- Social inhibition
- Social loafing
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