Retesting cultivation theory on the origins, causes, and predictors of aggression: the case of Pre- and post-genocide Rwanda
Inspired by the life and work of Budapest native and renowned Communication and Media scholar Dr. George Gerbner (1919-2005), Dr. Jolán Róka of the Budapest College of Communication and Business, and Dr. Rebecca M. Chory, then a Fulbright Scholar teaching at the Budapest College of Communication and...
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Budapesti Metropolitan Egyetem
2024
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Add Tag | Summary: | Inspired by the life and work of Budapest native and renowned
Communication and Media scholar Dr. George Gerbner (1919-2005), Dr.
Jolán Róka of the Budapest College of Communication and Business, and
Dr. Rebecca M. Chory, then a Fulbright Scholar teaching at the Budapest
College of Communication and Business, established the George Gerbner
Conference on Communication, Conflict and Aggression in 2009. The
goal of the conference is to bring together individuals with a common
interest in aggressive communication, antisocial behavior, and conflict so
as to foster international relationships that lead to research collaboration
and knowledge exchange.
Planning for the first conference began in the Spring of 2009, culminating
in the May 2010 inaugural conference. This first Gerbner conference
featured 30 scholars from seven countries and three continents. Since its
inception, the George Gerbner Conference on Communication,
Conflict and Aggression has been held in Budapest, Hungary four times
and has featured presentations by scholars from over 15 countries,
covering four continents.
The manuscripts featured in this Special Issue of Kommunikáció, Média,
Gazdaság were first presented at the 2013 and 2014 George Gerbner
Conferences on Communication, Conflict and Aggression. They speak to
a variety of topics related to conflict, aggression, disagreement, society
and culture, and the media. Specifically, the manuscripts describe new
applications of Gerbner’s cultivation theory in Kenya and Turkey; the
news media’s role in culture-related conflict (e.g., dowry negotiations in
India); emerging forms of aggression involving social media;
interpersonal conflict among college students working in groups, in
families concerning media violence, and in recovery from alcoholism;
disagreement, debate, and attitudes toward social issues (e.g., gun
violence); and topics concerning national security, consumer sovereignty,
and the criminal justice, legal, and media systems. The authors examine
these issues from various theoretical perspectives and scholarly traditions, using a diversity of methods. Consistent with George Gerbner’s
contention that communication and media research contribute to the good
of society (Róka & Chory, 2014), the articles in this special issue add to
the open discussion of topics of contemporary public concern and interest. |
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