· Stories in writing and in digital media have been shown to affect the morality of adolescents. Lindsay Hahn, an assistant professor of communication at the University at Buffalo, complete a study looking at 4 moral values and how they transferred to adolescents through stories. Through the main character of a story the values were expressed and reactions by other characters such as punishment and reward were changed to gauge its effect on perception. The findings of the study with 200 participants, proved that stories in media affect children’s perception of morality to a good degree. Hahn says that it further reinforces the idea that parents should pay attention to what their children watch and that if stories are used properly, they can supplement direct socialization.
· A cinemagoer who suffered a heart attack while watching the latest Bond movie was saved by fellow films fans who performed CPR on him. 81-year-old Malcolm Clarke went into cardiac arrest at the Odeon cinema in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, on Saturday during a screening of the new release. Malcolm had been revisiting childhood haunts in and around Chesterfield where he grew up as a belated treat for his 80th birthday. Members of the audience believed to have included a doctor and a nurse who came to Malcolm’s aid and helped keep him alive as the room was evacuated. The title of the movie was ironically named “No Time to Die” and Malcolm luckily had no time to die.
· Prison Inmates Learned to Quilt and Now Make Amazing Personalized Gifts for Foster Care Children. Over the past 10 years, more than 2,000 personalized quilts assembled by the inmates of Missouri’s South Central Correctional Facility have been donated to children in the state’s foster care system or auctioned off to fund local charitable organizations. Knowing firsthand the feeling of being forgotten by society, the inmates who participate in the quilting circle strive to personalize each quilt for foster care kids to let them know someone cares. Based on the precept of “restorative justice” which stresses rehabilitation rather than punishment, according to the group’s coordinator, case manager Joe Satterfield, keeping the prisoners’ minds and hearts engaged while letting them feel like they’re making useful contributions to the community has been a game-changer, even for those who may spend the rest of their lives behind bars.
Sources:
https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/morality-demonstrated-in-stories-can-alter-judgement/
https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/malcolm-clarke-cpr-bond-no-time-to-die/
https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/prison-inmates-learned-to-quilt-and-now-make-foster-kid-gifts/