Медиаобразование: социологические опросы (стр. 27 )

There are 30% more men than women who are eager to discuss the screen violence with their spouses or friends.

Teachers between the age of 31 and 50 are more likely to discuss this issue with their students, and those between the age of 51 and 70- with their children/grandchildren.

Comparing the answers of the pupils and the teachers, we can note the evident similarity in the leading type of the company for the discussion of scenes of violence on the screen – friends (57% of pupils). While only 12% of the pupils are eager to discuss them with their teachers…

Table 11. Teachers’ Opinions about the Reasons of Violence and Aggression in Society

Teachers’ Age/Gender	Teachers’ opinions about the reasons for violence and aggressions in society:
Psychological deviants	On-screen violence	Inherent to the human nature	Material inequality	Other reason
Number of Teachers in % who gave this reason:
21-30 /total	70,00	20,00	10,00	0,00	0,00
21-30/male	66,67	0,00	33,33	0,00	0,00
21-30/female	71,43	28,57	0,00	0,00	0,00
31-40/total	41,67	33,33	25,00	16,67	00,00
21-30/male	25,00	25,00	25,00	25,00	0,00
21-30/female	50,00	37,50	25,00	12,50	0,00
41-50/total	27,27	36,36	18,18	18,18	0,00
41-50/male	25,00	50,00	25,00	0,00	0,00
41-50/female	28,57	28,57	14,28	28,57	0,00
51-60/total	25,00	41,67	8,33	41,67	0,00
51-60/male	20,00	40,00	20,00	60,00	0,00
51-60/female	28,57	42,86	0,00	28,57	0,00
61-70/total	25,00	41,67	0,00	33,33	0,00
61-70/male	0,00	50,00	0,00	50,00	0,00
61-70/female	30,00	40,00	0,00	30,00	0,00
All age groups /Total	35,09	35,09	12,28	22,81	0,00
All age groups/male	27,78	33,33	22,22	27,78	0,00
All age groups/female	38,46	35,90	7,69	20,51	0,00

In the teachers’ opinion, main reasons for the aggression and violence in society are the psychopathologies (35% - 27% of women and 38% of men) and “screen violence” (35%). 23% (men outnumber women by 7% here) prone to think that the main reason is the material inequality of people. And only 12% (3 times more men than women) say that violence is in human nature.

I would like to point out that according to the students’ survey, psychopathologies are the main reason for violence, too (37%). There were 28% (less than the teachers by 8%) of those who blamed violence in media. However students who thought that it’s in human nature outnumber the teachers by 7%.

Agreeing on the main reason for violence in society being the psychopathologies (which is to my mind rather exaggerated), teachers and pupils disagree on the other issues. Teachers pay more attention to the material factor. Their concern about the spread of violence on the screen is also greater.

Table 12. Teachers’ Opinion about the Influence of the Scenes of Violence on the Screen and the Increase of Crime in Society

Teachers’ Age/Gender	The type of teachers’ opinions:
On-screen violence undoubtedly leads to an increase in crime	On-screen violence leads to a small an increase in crime	On-screen violence does not lead to an increase in crime because crimes existed before the invention of cinema and television	On-screen violence leads to an increase in crime among those with psychotic behavior	On-screen violence does not lead to an increase in crime because it disgusts people
Number of Teachers in % who gave this reason:
21-30 /total	50,00	20,00	0,00	40,00	0,00
21-30/male	33,33	33,33	0,00	33,33	0,00
21-30/female	57,14	14,28	0,00	28,57	0,00
31-40/total	58,33	16,67	16,67	8,33	0,00
21-30/male	50,00	25,00	25,00	0,00	0,00
21-30/female	62,50	12,50	12,50	12,50	0,00
41-50/total	81,82	9,10	0,00	9,10	0,00
41-50/male	100,00	0,00	0,00	0,00	0,00
41-50/female	71,43	14,28	0,00	14,28	0,00
51-60/total	75,00	8,33	0,00	16.67	0,00
51-60/male	60,00	20,00	0,00	20,00	0,00
51-60/female	85,71	0,00	00,00	14,28	0,00
61-70/total	83,33	0,00	0,00	16,67	0,00
61-70/male	100,00	0,00	0,00	0,00	0,00
61-70/female	80,00	0,00	0,00	20,00	0,00
All age groups /Total	70,17	10,53	3,51	15,79	0,00
All age groups/male	66,67	16,67	5,55	11,11	0,00
All age groups/female	71,79	7,69	2,56	17,95	0,00

70% of the teachers that took part in the survey believe that violence on the screen does lead to the increase of crimes in society. Only 10% (men teachers under 40 mostly) think that screen violence influences the crime rate to a small degree, and 16% (more women than men, and more teachers under 30) think that it impacts just the increase of crimes by mentally sick people. 3% deny any affect of screen violence ( twice as much men as women). Not a single teacher said that violence on the screen makes audience be disgusted at violence.