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Primetime Torture: Selective Perception of Media Modeled Efficacy of Torture
Author Info
Silver, Nathaniel Aaron
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http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1428513408
Abstract Details
Year and Degree
2015, Master of Arts, Ohio State University, Communication.
Abstract
A three-factor between subjects experiment was conducted to assess the impact of effective and ineffective torture modeled on television on subsequent attitudes and beliefs. Participants viewed one of three video clips depicting torture leading to important, time-sensitive information, torture that failed to acquire said information, or a control condition of equal dramatic intensity, but without torture. Findings demonstrated efficacy to be a strong predictor of attitudes towards torture, however; processing of modeled torture was biased by previous beliefs. Specifically, participants with less supportive attitudes and weaker efficacy beliefs were more influenced by effectively modeled torture.
Committee
Dave Ewoldsen (Advisor)
Emily Moyer-Guse (Committee Member)
Pages
56 p.
Subject Headings
Communication
Keywords
Selective Perception, Media Effects, Social Cognitive Theory, Torture
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Silver, N. A. (2015).
Primetime Torture: Selective Perception of Media Modeled Efficacy of Torture
[Master's thesis, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1428513408
APA Style (7th edition)
Silver, Nathaniel.
Primetime Torture: Selective Perception of Media Modeled Efficacy of Torture.
2015. Ohio State University, Master's thesis.
OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center
, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1428513408.
MLA Style (8th edition)
Silver, Nathaniel. "Primetime Torture: Selective Perception of Media Modeled Efficacy of Torture." Master's thesis, Ohio State University, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1428513408
Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)
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