The Third Person Effect

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You’ve learned about how the 3rd person effect works. Apply this phenomenon to a piece of media that you or someone else might consider “dangerous” for the general audience and Describe the piece of media ? Describe the piece of media (briefly describe its content) • Describe your interaction with it (Did you watch/hear/play/read it? Did you avoid it?) • Describe the public reaction to it (Support with evidence. E.g. an article/review of the  piece of media that highlights its inherent risk/lack of risk) • Analyze your interpretation of the risk of the piece of media. Did you think it could  influence people negatively? Did you feel influenced by it? You must cite TWO sources minimum. 1 will be your public reaction evidence and the other will be the  course concept you apply.  Types of concept you can use   Attention in the Brain Petersen, S. E., & Posner, M. I. (2012). The attention system of the human brain: 20 years after. Annual Review of Neuroscience, 35, 73-89. doi:10.1146/annurev-neuro-062111-150525 Attitude Accessibility.  Fazio, R. H., Powell, M. C., & Williams, C. J. (1989). The role of attitude accessibility in the attitude-to-behavior process. Journal of Consumer Research, 16(3), 280-288 Attribution theory Heider. F (1958). The psychology of interpersonal relations. New York: Wiley. Cognitive Dissonance Festinger, L. (1957). A theory of cognitive dissonance. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press. Dramaturgy Goffman, E. (1959). The presentation of self in everyday life. New York, NY: Anchor Books Elaboration Likelihood Model Petty, R. E., & Cacioppo, J. T. (1986). The elaboration likelihood model of persuasion. In Communication and persuasion (pp. 1-24). New York, NY: Springer. Expected Utility Theory Luce, R. D., & Suppes, P. (1965). Preference, utility, and subjective probability. In R. D. Luce, R. R. Bush, & E. Galanter (Eds.), Handbook of mathematical psychology (Vol. 3, pp. 249–410). New York: Wiley. Extended Parallel Processing Model (EPPM) Witte, K. (1992). Putting the fear back into fear appeals: The extended parallel process model. Communication Monographs, 59(4), 329-349. https://doi.org/10.1080/03637759209376276 Media Framing Entman, R. M., Matthes, J., & Pellicano, L. (2009). Nature, sources, and effects of news framing. In K. Wahl-Jorgensen & T. Hanitzsch, (Eds.). The Handbook of Journalism Studies (pp. 175-190). New York, NY: Routledge. Order Effects Wang, Z., & Busemeyer, J. R. (2013). A quantum question order model supported by empirical tests of an a priori and precise prediction. Topics in Cognitive Science, 5(4), 689-710. https://doi.org/10.1111/tops.12040 Prospect Theory Kahneman, D. & Tversky, A. (1979). Prospect theory: An analysis of decision under risk. Econometrica. 47(2), 263-292. DOI: 10.2307/1914185 Social identity theory Tajfel, H. (1974). Social identity and intergroup behaviour. Information (International Social Science Council), 13(2), 65-93. Stages of Change Model Prochaska, J. O., & DiClemente, C. C. (1983). Stages and processes of self-change of smoking: toward an integrative model of change. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 51(3), 390-395. DOI: 10.1037//0022-006X.51.3.390 Theory of Planned Behavior Ajzen, I. (1991). The theory of planned behavior. Organizational behavior and human decision processes, 50(2), 179-211. https://doi.org/10.1016/0749-5978(91)90020-T Third person effect Davidson, W. P. (1983). The third-person effect in communication. Public Opinion Quarterly, 47(1), 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1086/268763