The document provides an overview of several mass communication theories, beginning with the hypodermic needle theory. This theory proposed that media had a direct and powerful effect on passive audiences. However, the two-step flow theory later emerged from election studies, finding that opinion leaders and interpersonal communication were more influential than direct media effects. This led to the two-step flow model, where information spreads from media to opinion leaders and then to less active individuals.
The theory talks about the relationship between minority and majority of people and how they express themselves. It proves minority people keep silent on their views on any particular subject.
The Two-Step Flow of Communication: An Up-to-Date Report on an HypothesisElihu Katz(1957)
- The People's Choice
- The Two-Step Flow Theory
- Opinion Leaders and Opinion Followers
- Minimal/ Limited Paradigm vs. Mass Society Paradigm
- Strengths and Limitations of The Two-Step Flow Theory
- Elmira Study, Rovere Study, Decatur Study and Drug Study
- Diffusion of Innovation
- Personal Influence vs. Mass Influence
- Impact of Personal Influence
- Flow of Personal Influence
The theory talks about the relationship between minority and majority of people and how they express themselves. It proves minority people keep silent on their views on any particular subject.
The Two-Step Flow of Communication: An Up-to-Date Report on an HypothesisElihu Katz(1957)
- The People's Choice
- The Two-Step Flow Theory
- Opinion Leaders and Opinion Followers
- Minimal/ Limited Paradigm vs. Mass Society Paradigm
- Strengths and Limitations of The Two-Step Flow Theory
- Elmira Study, Rovere Study, Decatur Study and Drug Study
- Diffusion of Innovation
- Personal Influence vs. Mass Influence
- Impact of Personal Influence
- Flow of Personal Influence
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Process and effects
Effects and uses
It is really interesting that the earlier studies focused on studying the ‘effects’ of media and concluded that the media played a limited role in influencing public opinion!!
There are many theories study the effects such as magic bullet theory or hypodermic theory, payne fund studies, and agenda sitting.
- The "hypodermic theory" which was done by Lasswell, implied mass media had a direct, immediate and powerful effect on its audiences. The mass media in the early studies were perceived as a powerful influence on behavior change. This theory suggests that the mass media could influence a very large group of people directly by ‘injecting’ them with appropriate messages designed to have a desired response. The bullet theory suggests that the message is a bullet, fired from the "media gun" into the viewer's "head". They express the view that the media is a dangerous means of communicating an idea because the receiver or audience is powerless to resist the impact of the message. There is no escape from the effect of the message in these models. The "war of the worlds" broadcast is a good example of the magic bullet theory and this is exactly how this theory worked, by injecting the message directly into the public’s mind in order to make effects. The war of the worlds became known as the "Panic Broadcast" made by Orson Welles.
- “Payne Fund Studies” are the second important studies that also focused on the effects standpoint these studies were developed by the motion picture research council and these studies were concerning about the effects of motion pictures on children particularly. Payne fund studies of effects included the effects on children's information acquisition, attitude change, emotion stimulation, health, and behavior. Children acquired then save or keep the information they received in the movies. Movie viewing changed attitudes concerning ethnic and social issues. Emotions were stimulated especially those related to fear. Health effects were measured by looking at the sleep patterns of children after watching movies, and certain movies disturbed healthy sleep. Children who attended movies regularly were found to behave poorly in school compared to those who attended less frequently. Children imitated favorable behavior they saw in movies, but movies also appeared to play a direct role in delinquent careers. Overall researchers found that movies influenced both children's attitudes and behaviors.
- “Agenda sitting” Agenda setting describes a very powerful influence of the media – the ability to tell us what issues are important. “The world outside and the pictures in our heads” which was done by Lippmann. The article is about an island that was populated by Germans, French and British. The case is that of Madam Caillaux, who was facing a trial for shooting someone. The murder was because of the hate that the English and the French were concealing against the Germans. The people of the island.
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2. A theory offers an account of what something is , how it
works, what it produces or causes to happen and what should
be the case.
Theory explains how some aspect of human behavior or
performance is organized. It thus enables us to make
predictions about that behavior.
“the summary and synthesis of what is known about a field. It
is the reduction of our knowledge to the basic ideas,
presented in a way that shows their underlying patterns and
relationships.” (Moore, 1991:2)
3. Many social scientists studied the effect of mass communication
within the society.
This has resulted in a number of theories which essentially trace the
relationship between mass communication and society.
However, not a single theory has been universally accepted. Early
theories were based on assumptions that mass media have
enormous and direct influence upon society.
4. But later researchers provide evidence against any direct
cause and effect relationship between mass communication
and society.
Instead, they underline the importance of individual difference
and personal influences on transmission, acceptance and
retention of message.
These theories portray mass media as an outcome of
changes in society.
5. Hypodermic Needle Theory
The "hypodermic needle theory" implied that mass media
had a direct, immediate, and powerful effect on its
audiences.
The mass media in the 1940s and 1950s were perceived as a
powerful influence on behavior change.
As the name ‘Bullet’ theory suggested, the messages were
thought to be like magic bullets that were shot directly into
the receiver.
6. Several factors contributed to this "strong effects" theory of
communication, including:
- The fast rise and popularization of radio and television
- The emergence of the persuasion industries, such as
advertising and propaganda
- Focus on the impact of motion pictures, and
- Hitler's monopolization of the mass media during WWII to
unify the German public behind the Nazi party.
7. Harold Lasswell developed this innovative theory of the effect of
mass communication during World War I.
He based his theory of mass communication, 'hypodermic needle'
model, on Freudian theory that argues that humans are motivated
by primitive and unconscious forces.
He observed mass media as an effective way of persuading
audience for political leaders such as Hitler, Roosebelt, Stalin, and
Musolini.
8. According to 'hypodermic needle' model or 'magic bullet' theory,
human beings are given uniform instincts and live in a mass society
where a single set of social norms and values cannot control people
from various origins.
Under these circumstances, people receive and interpret media
messages in a similar way.
Therefore, mass communication can influence people's thoughts
and behaviors immediately and effectively.
9. The theory suggests that the mass media could influence a
very large group of people directly and uniformly by
‘shooting’ or ‘injecting’ them with appropriate messages
designed to trigger a desired response.
Both images used to express this theory (a bullet and a
needle) suggest a powerful and direct flow of information
from the sender to the receiver.
10. The bullet theory graphically suggests that the message is a
bullet, fired from the "media gun" into the viewer's "head.”
With similarly emotive imagery the Hypodermic needle model
suggests that media messages are injected straight into a
passive audience, which is, immediately influenced by the
message.
11. They express the view that the media is a dangerous means of
communicating an idea because the receiver or audience is
powerless to resist the impact of the message.
There is no escape from the effect of the message in these models.
People are seen as passive and are seen as having a lot media
material "shot" at them.
People end up thinking what they are told because there is no other
source of information.
12. The classic example of the application of the Magic Bullet Theory
and Hypodermic Needle Theory was illustrated on October 30, 1938
when Orson Welles and the newly formed Mercury Theater group
broadcasted their radio edition of H.G. Wells' "War of the Worlds."
On the eve of Halloween, radio programming was interrupted with
a "news bulletin" for the first time.
What the audience heard was that Martians had begun an invasion
of Earth in a place called Grover's Mill, New Jersey.
13. It became known as the "Panic broadcast" and changed broadcast
history, social psychology, and civil defense and set a standard for
provocative entertainment.
Approximately 12 million people in the United States heard the
broadcast and about one million of those actually believed that a
serious alien invasion was underway.
A wave of mass hysteria disrupted households, interrupted religious
services, caused traffic jams and clogged communication systems.
14. People fled their city homes to seek shelter in more rural
areas, raided grocery stores, and began to ration food.
The nation was in a state of chaos, and this broadcast was the
cause of it.
This is exactly how the theory worked, by injecting the
message directly into the "bloodstream" of the public,
attempting to create a uniform thinking.
The effects of the broadcast suggested that the media could
manipulate a passive and gullible public, leading theorists to
believe this was one of the primary ways media authors
shaped audience perception.
15. New assessments that the ‘hypodermic needle theory’ or
‘Magic Bullet Theory’ was not accurate came out of election
studies in "The People's Choice,“ (Lazarsfeld, Berelson and
Gaudet, 1944/1968).
The project was conducted during the election of Franklin D.
Roosevelt in 1940 to determine voting patterns and the
relationship between the media and political behavior.
16. The majority of people remained untouched by the
propaganda; interpersonal outlets brought more influence
than the media.
The effects of the campaign were not all-powerful to where
they persuaded helpless audiences uniformly and directly,
which is the very definition of what the magic bullet theory
does.
17. Two-step Theory
The above-mentioned study of presidential elections
revealed that many voters had limited exposure to the mass
media.
Paul Lazarsfeld, Bernard Berelson, and Hazel Gaudet in The
People’s Choice, a 1944 study focused on the process of
decision making during a Presidential election campaign, first
introduced the two-step flow of communication hypothesis.
18. These researchers expected to find empirical support for the direct
influence of media messages on voting intentions.
They were surprised to discover, however, that informal,
contacts were mentioned far more frequently than exposure to
radio or newspaper as sources of influence on voting behavior.
Armed with this data, Katz and Lazarsfeld developed the two-step
flow theory of mass communication
19. The information they received was mostly through other people,
called ‘opinion leaders’.
This theory asserts that information from the media moves in two
distinct stages.
First, individuals (opinion leaders) who pay close attention to the
mass media and its messages receive the information.
Opinion leaders pass on their own interpretations in addition to the
actual media content.
20. The term ‘personal influence’ was coined to refer to the process
intervening between the media’s direct message and the audience’s
ultimate reaction to that message.
Opinion leaders are quite influential in getting people to change
their attitudes and behaviors and are quite similar to those they
influence.
The two-step flow theory has improved our understanding of how
the mass media influence decision-making.
21. The theory refined the ability to predict the influence of media
messages on audience behavior, and it helped explain why
certain media campaigns may have failed to alter audience
attitudes and behavior.
The two-step flow theory gave way to the multi-step flow
theory of mass communication or diffusion of innovation
theory.
22. Lazarsfeld suggested "ideas often flow from radio and print to
the opinion leaders and from them to the less active sections
of the population."
People tend to be much more affected in their decision
making process by face-to-face encounters with influential
peers than by the mass media.
23. Like other theories, two-step flow has its shortcomings too;
First, it diminishes the original, direct influence of mass media.
Secondly, its effects are evident only in political studies that
were conducted decades ago when there was no television
influence and therefore, may not be as applicable to the
contemporary political scene.