Effects of Film on Driving Behaviour

Effects of Film on Driving Behaviour set Media SocietyJeremy Philip Monteiro Imbert Narumanan SebastianLim Jit ShernContents page (Jump to)IntroductionWe conducted a study on college students here in Tunku Abdul Rahman University-College Penang to tick off if a moving-picture show could act their madcap behavior. We selected the picture show, The quick The uncultivated. The choice of movie is selected because the movie itself is needs high-speed chases and racing with vehicles that are modified to push itself to the limits. The movie itself is an action and also a thriller it was released in 2001 and directed by Rob Cohen and distributed by Universal Pictures. The main cast of the movie are Vin Diesel and Paul Walker Walker melt downs as an undercover cop who must(prenominal) stop a team of hijackers who are led by Diesel. Brian impersonates involve with the hijackers and f on the wholes in love with Diesels sister and must take aim to be an accomplice in Diesels plan or blow it all over by arresting him and his crew. Through stunned the movie in that location will be conflict, some family oriented scenes but its main focus are on the adrenaline-rushing fast cars.This inquiry was done on college students, specifically in TARUC Penang. There were about 30 students who were asked to be interviewed using a prepared set of questions. The interview was conducted informally as it would make the interviewee more comfortable as well as to stimulate open ended answers or else than close ended. The idea is to find oneself if these college students who have watched the movie affected in bothway in terms of impulsive. The title of our research is Do movies affect students campaign? A review on The truehearted The Furious.Literature ReviewThe theory that is used in this research is the Media Effects theory. Media Effect theory explains as how the media can affect the society and how the society can affect the media. The c at one timept of this theory relies on both the media as well as the society. and there are several implications that are negative made of this theory which is saying that people try to go over exactly as to what they see. For instance, copycat murder that overlyk place in 2004 when a boy was murdered by his best friend and the game Manhunt was instantly criminalise due the fashion of murder was assume to be equivalent to the game.The theory defines moral panic in relation to representations of sex, force play and deviant behavior and its sibylline core groupuate on youth. Moral panic is the feeling that the situation is out of control in some way, and therefore represents a threat to the moral order.The media effects theory was firstly proposed by the Frankfurt School of social researchers in the 1920s from peoples reaction to Nazi propaganda. The hypodermic model explains that the media is bid a drug that society whitethorn be addicted to, stating that the audience are helpless to defend themselve s against the media and just behave passively.This theory is quite similar to the Social Learning theory by Bandura where a studied made on 2 groups of children who are exposed to the violent content on television set and the other group is exposed to the positive content. Later, both groups were given a doll and the group who were exposed to the violent content reacted violently towards the doll. This helps determine that children may behave according to what they see or exposed to.ResearchThe purpose of this research is to find out if a movie such as The Fast The Furious may or may not be an affect or influence the driving in any way. In order to break that the information we use in this research is accurate and reliable, we decided to use a primary research method to obtain our results. Which is to interview our respondents view to face and gather their feedback. The idea of an interview is to obtain a qualitative research which is in hope to receive in-depth answers to the qu estions.The target audience were selected at random in college and most of them were from the Faculty of Social Science and Humanities. ground on the nature of the movie, we could assume that the havers of the franchise were targeting teenagers and young adults. Therefore we have decided to interview our sonny boy college-mates for this research. Moreover, most the students in TARUC have just gotten their driving license and are experiencing unsupervised driving for the first time. Our team has chosen 30 individuals within the campus thou and approached them in the canteen, the library and the foyer.Below are the ten questions that were prepared for the interview throw away you watched The Fast and the Furious?Where did you watch the movie?What do you call back of the movie?How umpteen clock have you watched the movie?Do you think the movie influences your driving style? In what way?After reflexion the movie, do you see yourself attempting to replicate the stunts you have se en?Which scene in the movie would you say made an collision on your driving?Do you think it is solemn or gum elastic to be mimicking the driving from the movie?After watching the movie would you say that your driving abilities have improved?Do you feel that the movie can play a role in how you drive?These ten questions are made specifically to understand how the student thinks or feel after watching the movie, particularly to see if the movie has made a change on their driving abilities and if they are aware of it. We took note of what the 30 individuals had answered and evaluated them.FindingsBased on the questions above, we have launch that all 30 respondents have answered that they have watched the movie before.Since it being an old movie that was released in 2001, bulk of students answered that they have watch the movie on television. tho there were a minority that had answered cinema.Majority of students had answered that they think that the movie is a good and entertaini ng movie which falls as a positive review. However a minority of them had also answered that the movie comes off as an unrealistic and bad movie which implies as a negative review.To the question above, majority of students answered once and minority of them had answered twice.Based on the question above, all 30 students who have watched the movie claims that they are unaffected by the movie.To question 6, only 2 students answered yes where else majority of them answered that they will do not see themselves wanting to replicate the stunts they see in the movie.As to question 7, majority of students claimed the there is no scene applicable. However, a minority of 6% answered the racing scene made an squeeze on their driving.Based on the question, all 30 students have answered that it is dangerous to be mimicking the driving from the movie.According the chart above, minority of students claimed that their driving abilities have improved after watching the movie. However, majority of them said that the movie did not improve their driving abilities.Based on the final question, majority of students feel that the movie does not play a role in how they drive today and a minority of 23% said that it does.ConclusionWeve learned that the conducting research isnt an easy task and takes time to produce result. We also learn that most students find it hard to produce quality answers as they rather provide brief answers.From the findings above, we are able to deduce that the influence brought upon by a movie has not affected the driving style of college students in our campus. This is solely based on their answers of course however we are unable to physically prove at the moment if it has taken an effect Most students found the movie to be fun and entertaining but however manage to realized that the movie is unrealistic and are aware of the dangers involve if they were to follow what they see in the movie.Despite having good overall reviews of the highly action packed scen es from the movie itself, students find that stunts coordinated in the movie is rather dangerous and definitely will not be attempted in their daily driving routine.In short, based on the majority of answers we gathered, after a watching the movie, The Fast The Furious, students at Tunku Abdul Rahman University-College are not affected by it.Bibliography/ReferencesNeal H.M (Producer), Rob Cohen (Director) (2001).The Fast and the FuriousMotion picture. United States Universal Pictures (Distributor).Martyn Shuttleworth(Jul 5, 2008). Survey Research Design. 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CA Sage Publication.AppendixSurvey 1Have you watched the movie The Fast and the Furious before?YesWhere did you watched the movie?I watched it on TV, one of the Astro movie channels.What do you think about the movie?Very fast paced and entertaining action movie, But like all actions movies, it is filled with unrealistic action sequences, involving cars mostly, and violence.How many times have you watched the movie?Twice.Do you think the movie influences your driving style? In what ways?No, the extend did not influence my driving style.After watching the movie, do see yourself attempting to replicate the stunts youve seen?No.What scene in the movie would you say made an impact the most on your driving?No scene in particular as I think the entire movie did not have any impact on my driving skills.Do you think it is dangerous or safe to be mimicking drivin g acts from the movie?It is dangerous of course, People have to go to bed that Fast and Furious is a movie and the driving sequences are made to look unrealistic and dangerous to meet the criteria of an action movie. These sequences are mostly carried out by experienced stunt drivers.After watching the movie, would you say that your driving abilities have been improved?No, not at all. Watching the movie did not affect my driving skills at all.Do you agree that movies can play a role in how a person drives?Yes. Those who watch the movie and are into to automobiles energy try to imitate the driving sequences done in the film, which depict illegal racing, speeding and reckless driving to be fun. Also, some people might get the idea that it is safe to do all those things and not get in trouble or get hurt as the characters in the movie perch unscathed and always get away with what theyre doing. Unfortunately, this does not apply in real life.Survey 2Have you watched the movie The Fas t and the Furious before?Yes.Where did you watched the movie?When it played on TV.What do you think about the movie?Good, quite entertaining. I thought it was very cool with the fast cars.How many times have you watched the movie?Once.Do you think the movie influences your driving style? In what ways?No.After watching the movie, do see yourself attempting to replicate the stunts youve seen?Nope, not at all.What scene in the movie would you say made an impact the most on your driving?No particular scene.Do you think it is dangerous or safe to be mimicking driving acts from the movie?Dangerous, of course.After watching the movie, would you say that your driving abilities have been improved?Nope, I was too young at the time when I first watched it.Do you agree that movies can play a role in how a person drives?Maybe. sometime(prenominal) Maybe. Sometimes people will go too far and imitate their role models on screen without knowing the risks of actually doing so.Survey 3Have you watch ed the movie The Fast and the Furious before?Yes.Where did you watched the movie?On the television.What do you think about the movie?Quite a cool movie.How many times have you watched the movie?Once but I watched it halfway through.Do you think the movie influences your driving style? In what ways?Nope.After watching the movie, do see yourself attempting to replicate the stunts youve seen?Not really, I wouldnt dare.What scene in the movie would you say made an impact the most on your driving?No particular scene.Do you think it is dangerous or safe to be mimicking driving acts from the movie?Quite dangerous,After watching the movie, would you say that your driving abilities have been improved?No.Do you agree that movies can play a role in how a person drives?No.Survey 4Have you watched the movie The Fast and the Furious before?Yes, unfortunately I have.Where did you watched the movie?It is quite an old movie, I think it was on TV.What do you think about the movie?Its good but very un realistic.How many times have you watched the movie?Once.Do you think the movie influences your driving style? In what ways?Absolutely not.After watching the movie, do see yourself attempting to replicate the stunts youve seen?No.What scene in the movie would you say made an impact the most on your driving?None in particular as I can barely even remember the movie.Do you think it is dangerous or safe to be mimicking driving acts from the movie?Very dangerous.After watching the movie, would you say that your driving abilities have been improved?Not at all.Do you agree that movies can play a role in how a person drives?Yes, there will always be some crazy sod out there who think they can pull of movie driving-stunts on an actual road an attempt to speed on the highway. Its ridiculous.