Mediation Role Of Crime-Show Impact Between Creating Awareness About Crime And Novelty In Crime

Abstract

At this point in time, digital media is one of the most enjoyable forms of entertainment. A significant number of people watch television
shows and are fascinated by the depiction of violent and criminal acts. A show focusing on criminal activity can impact a viewer's
perception, judgment of reality, thought process, emotions, and behaviour. According to this point of view, the purpose of this study is
to investigate the following: the influence of crime-show awareness (CSA) on crime-shows impact (CSI), the influence of crime-shows
impact (CSI) on crime-show novelty (CSN), the detrimental effect of crime shows awareness on crime show novelty, and to investigate
the mediating influence of crime show impact on crime show awareness and crime show novelty.
A cross-sectional research design is used for this study. Data is collected from 440 respondents using a well-designed questionnaire
from 440 participants from Metro-cities of India through online mode from youth. AMOS 21 and SPSS 21 versions are used for data
analysis and Structural Equation Modeling (SEM). The results revealed that there are significant predictive relations between CSA
and CSI and between CSI and CSN. Also, there is no significant regression association between CSA in the presence of a mediator,
while in the direct relationship, there was a significant association. It further confirms the full mediation of CSI between CSA and
CSN. These findings could be used in mitigating the adverse effects of crime-show and in psychosocial intervention designs.