Médias et activités: courses poursuites cinématographiques et conduite automobile

Media may exert a major influence on behaviours with others or with machines. In the car driving framework, cinematographic car chases have their followers. This study investigates the links between cinematographic car chases appreciation, the subsequent reactions and the driving style of the viewers. Twenty-four young drivers were rigorously selected. They were either cinematographic car chases followers or not (A+/A-). They had to watch short sequences including or not a car chase. Emotional ratings of car chases scenes are significantly different between groups. Moreover, electrodermal reactivity is higher for the A+ group in the car chase condition than in the neutral one. Whereas no difference were observed between groups concerning the driving experience, the annual mileage and the number of reported accidents, car chases followers reported better driving skills than non-followers. Several others relations had been highlighted, emphasing the complex tangle between reality and fiction.