Third-Person Effects of Health News
This study expands third-person effect research to health news coverage. It examines the perceptual and behavioral components of third-person effects. Moderator variables of third-person effects—knowledge and exposure to health news—are also examined. Using data from a survey of public opinion about...
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crsagepubl:10.1177/0002764208321355 2024-09-09T19:31:06+00:00 Third-Person Effects of Health News Exploring the Relationships Among Media Exposure, Presumed Media Influence, and Behavioral Intentions Ran Wei Lo, Ven-Hwei Lu, Hung-Yi 2008 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0002764208321355 http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0002764208321355 en eng SAGE Publications http://journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license American Behavioral Scientist volume 52, issue 2, page 261-277 ISSN 0002-7642 1552-3381 journal-article 2008 crsagepubl https://doi.org/10.1177/0002764208321355 2024-08-27T04:24:20Z This study expands third-person effect research to health news coverage. It examines the perceptual and behavioral components of third-person effects. Moderator variables of third-person effects—knowledge and exposure to health news—are also examined. Using data from a survey of public opinion about the coverage of avian flu involving a probability sample of 1,107 college students in Taiwan, findings show that respondents tend to think the influence of avian flu news on others is greater than on themselves. Furthermore, exposure to avian flu news was found to narrow the self—other perceptual gap. Regarding the linkages between the third-person perception of avian news and behavioral responses to the perception, findings show that perceived effects of avian flu news on the self resulted in taking action—seeking information about avian flu and seeking out Tamiflu. However, findings further show that the third-person perception acted like a brake on taking such action. Article in Journal/Newspaper Avian flu SAGE Publications American Behavioral Scientist 52 2 261 277 |
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This study expands third-person effect research to health news coverage. It examines the perceptual and behavioral components of third-person effects. Moderator variables of third-person effects—knowledge and exposure to health news—are also examined. Using data from a survey of public opinion about the coverage of avian flu involving a probability sample of 1,107 college students in Taiwan, findings show that respondents tend to think the influence of avian flu news on others is greater than on themselves. Furthermore, exposure to avian flu news was found to narrow the self—other perceptual gap. Regarding the linkages between the third-person perception of avian news and behavioral responses to the perception, findings show that perceived effects of avian flu news on the self resulted in taking action—seeking information about avian flu and seeking out Tamiflu. However, findings further show that the third-person perception acted like a brake on taking such action. |
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