5. Spectrum of behaviourism Direct Effects theory Theories of Active Audiences Media stimulus is followed by straightforward audience response Audiences use media to satisfy particular needs and to enable the flow of communications from person to person “ Effects debate” very much alive – mass media and social panics See Lasswell and the effectiveness of propaganda
44. Spectrum of behaviourism Direct Effects theory Theories of Active Audiences Media stimulus is followed by straightforward audience response Audiences use media to satisfy particular needs and to enable the flow of communications from person to person See Lasswell and the effectiveness of propaganda Can you fit in all the theories we have seen along that spectrum?