The Media and College Students: Influence on Written Responses.

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2009-04Author
Buccanero, Allyson J.
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Peden, Blaine F.
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The media is an ever-present part of modern life with great potential to influence our thoughts and moods. This study investigated whether this influence existed in an undergraduate sample by random assignment to either a news segment or a portion of a National Geographic program that were judged as significantly different on levels of positive and negative tone.
Subject
Press--Influence
Television programs--Influence
Mass media--Influence
News audiences--Attitudes
College students--Attitudes
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http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/36622Type
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Color poster with text, images, tables, and graphs.