Frightening Media

So, I chose to do research on frightening media. It interests me the most because I am very affected by frightening media myself. I'm the friend that freaks out when asked to go see a scary movie and I do everything possible not to go, and yet I am 21 years old and in college. Go figure!

I went around and surveyed 100 college students and asked them varies questions about what frightened them while growing up.

Survey:
1) What was the number one movie that scared you as a child growing up?
2) Did reading about scary stories or creatures scare you more than movies?
3) What was a scary story you read growing up?
4) Did stuffed animals or creatures of these movies or stories scare you too?
5? Are you still scared of movies or stories now that you are in college?
6? What were some of the reactions you experienced when you were scared either watching a scary movie or reading a scary story?

Graph showing Question 1

I had a few other movie options but these were the more popular choices.

Graph for Question 5

This result made me laugh. I am glad I am not the only one still scared at 21. lol

Graph for Question 6

I felt this result was pretty accurate. I've heard of people having each one of these reactions and it fits what I presumed was going to be the results.

When it came to reading frightening stories, the candidates felt the same way about movies as they did reading stories. They agreed, reading the stories were just as scary at the time as watching the movie. But watching a movie, the images that were shown to them is what they remember. When they read a scary story, they were able to create a fictional character themselves from the adjectives and the way the storyteller wrote about the frightening characters.
Images of frightening creatures from the media, either movies or ads, can last longer in someone's mind than reading about them.