International Journal of
Peace and Development Studies

  • Abbreviation: Int. J. Peace and Dev. Stud
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 2141-6621
  • DOI: 10.5897/IJPDS
  • Start Year: 2010
  • Published Articles: 104

Review

Reshaping mind and behaviour: Media and its impacts

  Sre Yadav and Smita Jha*    
Email: [email protected]

  •  Accepted: 20 July 2011
  •  Published: 30 November 2011

Abstract

 

India, the land of diverse cultural traditions and rituals, where women were once considered to be ‘avatars’ of goddesses are now either being  victimized by the continual curse of domestic violence , or as a perpetrator of violent criminal activities. The present paper seeks to find from the available literature resources if the mass media actually plays the role of a catalytic source to increase these types of criminal activities and if yes, then how it affects the overall personality and behaviour of the  individual who gets affected by this type of  external stimuli, that is, mass media. 

 

Key words: Domestic violence, criminal activities, mass media.