195 research outputs found
sj-docx-1-crx-10.1177_00936502221084925 – Supplemental material for Reaching Science Skeptics: How Adaptive Framing of Climate Change Leads to Positive Responses Via Persuasion Knowledge and Perceived Behavioral Control
No full textSupplemental material, sj-docx-1-crx-10.1177_00936502221084925 for Reaching Science Skeptics: How Adaptive Framing of Climate Change Leads to Positive Responses Via Persuasion Knowledge and Perceived Behavioral Control by Renita Coleman, Esther Thorson, Cinthia Jimenez and Kami Vinton in Communication Research</p
sj-docx-1-jmq-10.1177_10776990221130992 – Supplemental material for Predicting Audience Verification Intention: The impact of partisanship, source, importance, and information familiarity on willingness to verify headlines
No full textSupplemental material, sj-docx-1-jmq-10.1177_10776990221130992 for Predicting Audience Verification Intention: The impact of partisanship, source, importance, and information familiarity on willingness to verify headlines by Rachel R. Mourão, Esther Thorson, Kevin Kryston and Carin Tunney in Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly</p
Supplementary_Materials – Supplemental material for Who Uses Fact-Checking Sites? The Impact of Demographics, Political Antecedents, and Media Use on Fact-Checking Site Awareness, Attitudes, and Behavior
No full textSupplemental material, Supplementary_Materials for Who Uses Fact-Checking Sites? The Impact of Demographics, Political Antecedents, and Media Use on Fact-Checking Site Awareness, Attitudes, and Behavior by Craig T. Robertson, Rachel R. Mourão and Esther Thorson in The International Journal of Press/Politics</p
ANXIETY\u2019S EFFECT ON NEWS SEEKING AND AVOIDING : AN EVOLUTIONARY PERSPECTIVE
No full textMass communication scholars have amassed knowledge of what drives people to approach, and increasingly, to avoid news. A new direction in this research argues that evolutionary processes explain all human behavior at the most fundamental level. This research incorporates news consumption and general information-seeking theories as part of evolutionary psychology. In doing so, it explains seeking and avoiding responses to important but anxiety-provoking stories in the news. The study describes an online survey conducted in February 2021 that measures intention to seek and avoid a subsequent news story after a first story is read (N=516). The findings clarify how three variables influence avoidance: 1) chronic anxiety, 2) the immediate anxiety response to the news story, and 3) news-search efficacy. The study finds news-search efficacy consistently predicts news seeking while chronic anxiety consistently predicts intention to avoid a subsequent story. Additionally, there is a moderating effect for chronic anxiety. For people with a high level of chronic anxiety, a stressful story decreases their likelihood of avoiding subsequent stories on the topic. The role of story anxiety does not consistently predict either seeking or avoiding. Demographics and news habits were used as control variables, and the research found subsequent story avoiding was higher among conservative than liberal news users. The remaining control variables had small and inconsistent effects. The dissertation explicates how this study and previous studies by the author imply a news-seeking and avoiding model that rests on the foundations of evolutionary psychology. Finally, it argues that news consumption and avoidance studies cannot ignore the important role of preexisting predispositions like chronic anxiety. Theoretical and application implications of the research are discussed.Thesis (Ph.D.)--Michigan State University. Information and Media - Doctor of Philosophy, 2021Includes bibliographical reference
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
No full textI would like to thank the members of my committee, Kevin Wise, Clyde Bentley, Esther Thorson, and Antonie Stam, for their patience and guidance in completing this thesis. In particular, I would like to thank Clyde Bentley for providing the inspiration for much of this research, Esther Thorson for her methodological guidance and thorough review, Ton Stam for providing a refreshing outside perspective, and Kevin Wise, for acting as chair and keeping the train on track despite my repeated attempts to derail it. ii TABLE OF CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS............................................................................................ ii LIST OF TABLES......................................................................................................... i
Exploring player responses toward in-game advertising : the impact of interactivity
No full textThe chapter aims to give an elaborate introduction to in-game advertising. It starts by providing a definition of the practice, an overview of its benefits and drawbacks, and a review of the research that has been conducted on its effectiveness. Additionally, it presents the results of a case study investigating how players respond towards different types of advertisements that are integrated into a digital game, with a specific focus on the interactivity that they allow
Improving physician–patient communication
No full textThis chapter looks at improving physician–patient communicatio
In the mood for a commercial break? A model of consumer response to television commercials during sensitive news
No full textMarketers decided to pull over $100 million worth of commercials from network, cable, local and syndicated TV outlets on the United States market in the first 48 hours of the 2003 Iraq war. Given this loss to advertisers and media, we looked at how consumers respond to commercials during wartime. Would they change their attitude towards products that are advertised during war coverage? Would they consider advertising during such coverage inappropriate? Consistent with previous mood theory study findings, the results suggest a positive relationship between the mood generated by the interest in the program content and support for advertisements during the program. We also found that factors influencing the mood induced by war coverage were support for the President’s decisions and for the war. These findings open the door to a completely new line of research on attitudes towards media contents. Future research could explore the relationship between political ideology of viewers and their mood when watching sensitive news content.advertising context, attitude toward commercials, interest in program content, mood theory, news.
How does a woman reporter's background affect sources in her news stories?
No full text"As journalists begin to create stories, they need to find sources. Sources can include a variety of people. Depending on the story assigned, sources can range from officials to people on the street. When journalists decide who to talk to, they always want the best source, however, individual reporters must decide who is qualified to be the best source. My research questions asked whether race and years of experience were important in determining the choice of sources, I interviewed female television and newspaper reporters who differed in terms of race and experience. In depth interviews with these women suggests that a number of variables are important to how they chose sources. Some of the factors include socioeconomic background, years of experience in the industry and educational background. Each reporter had her own take on how comfortable she was when it came to interviewing sources. The reporters provided insight on what makes them approach sources, but many of the reasons for course choice were factors other than gender and race. In some cases gender and race did play a role because of who they felt was more approachable. The contribution of this thesis is the fact that I attempted to explore in depth how female journalists think about their own choices of sources."--Page ii.(M.A.)--Michigan State University. Journalism, 2017Includes bibliographical references (page 33
News credibility through an epistemological lens : the relationship between epistemological beliefs, perceptions of journalistic epistemology, and news credibility
No full textIn recent years, there have been renewed challenges to the credibility of news. Journalists and their way of knowing have been contested on a number of fronts and trust in news in the United States, and beyond, is in decline. Against this backdrop, several pertinent questions have been posed: How can we trust what journalists say? How do we know that it is true? What makes news valid? These are important epistemological questions that have not been fully addressed in the literature on news credibility. With this in mind, the purpose of this dissertation is to explore what makes news, from an audience perspective, credible or not. It does this by exploring credibility through an epistemological lens, considering audience views on news as a form of knowledge and journalism as a way of knowing. The central argument is that the epistemological beliefs that individuals hold with respect to journalism matter when it comes to perceptions of news credibility; that beliefs about the nature of valid knowledge and knowing in journalism inform perceptions of what are 'good' and 'bad' journalistic practices.In light of this, the present dissertation explores three key questions: 1) What are individuals' epistemological beliefs as they relate to news and journalism? 2) How is the epistemology of journalism, as it is practiced, viewed by individuals? 3) How do the epistemological beliefs and perceptions of individuals relate to or shape views of news credibility? To examine these questions, I draw on data from semi-structured interviews with 65 people from diverse backgrounds in the United States.I find that, first, most people articulate core beliefs which see valid news as certain, simple, primary-sourced, and justified by a correspondence between factual claims and reality. However, these beliefs shift according to the epistemological context. As news contexts become more interpretive, individuals emphasize how journalists ought to balance relative truths rooted in different perspectives, sets of facts, or ways of knowing. These beliefs constitute an idealized form of straightforward objective, impartial, and balanced news which may not necessarily be attainable but which individuals compare real news to. Second, I find there is often a disjuncture between the idealized beliefs of individuals and the perceived epistemological approaches of news sources. Journalists are often seen to diverge from audience expectations, failing to remain objective, include all relevant information or perspectives, and demonstrate how the claims made match with the facts of the external world. Third, I observe that this disjuncture - an epistemic incongruency - has important implications for news credibility. Journalism, as a profession and institution, relies on credibility for its legitimacy, authority, and social and political relevance. But this credibility is both under threat and in decline. I argue this occurs because of an incongruency between what audiences say they want (their epistemological beliefs) and what they see journalists doing (their epistemological perceptions). The findings suggest that, based on what audiences say, to gain credibility, journalism may need to pull back from interpretive or evaluative styles of news, instead revisiting more traditional notions of objectivity, impartiality, and balance. On the other hand, audiences may need to recognize issues in their beliefs and idealized views of news, tempering their expectations and acknowledging the epistemic limitations of journalism and of traditional norms. Findings point to possibilities for both journalistic and audience reflection and education at a time when questions have been raised about notions of fact and truth.Thesis (Ph. D.)--Michigan State University. Information and Media, 2020Includes bibliographical reference
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