Phenomenon of impact of audio-visual media texts with violent content: socio-pedagogical discourse

Abstract

In this article, the authors have carried out a hermeneutic analysis of the problem of violence among adolescents in audio-visual media texts and the peculiarities of this violent content impact. The material of the study is movies, TV programs, electronic versions of media texts reflecting the content of the violent segment in the adolescent environment. The main method is the hermeneutic analysis of discourse, which is based on the methodology created by A. Silverblatt and U. Eco. A hermeneutic analysis of audio-visual media texts with violent content showed that: - violence in different media texts differs in its peculiarities of expression, but at the same time, it is similar in social issues, methods and means of expressiveness, a tragic component in the narrative and image content; - the worldview of the audio-visual media texts authors is reduced to the position of fixing different types of violence; - a specific feature of the media products is the connection to the real life situation; - the value dominants of the main characters - adolescents (aggressors) are aggression, cruelty, etc.; - reasons for committing violent actions: conflict situations in the group, with people of different age and status; unrequited love; desire to raise the credibility, etc.