АNALYSIS OF MASS MEDIA INFORMATION FLOWS ON PERSONALITY SOCIAL AND PSYCHOLOGIC TRAITS
Based on valid psychologic techniques and the author's methods, a multi-factor empirical study of mass media content impact on the criminogenic potential of convicts and law-abiding citizens has been conducted. The paper gives a comparison of the control group data (law-abiding citizens) with the group of convicts, intended for investigating potential probability of law-abiding citizens' transition into the group of criminal behaviour. According to the study, persons with disharmonic orientations prevail among the convicts (objectives in life are either very strong or absent). This criterion – absent or weak objectives in life – is leading for a criminogenic impact of mass media on the personality. The following hypothesis has been confirmed: mass media content (definitions) is capable of considerable impact on personality's emotional, motivational, cognitive spheres, thus determining a criminogenic trend in the personality's behavioural sphere.