PREDICTORS OF VIEWING AND ENJOYMENT OF REALITY-BASED AND FICTIONAL CRIME SHOWS

Citation
Mb. Oliver et Gb. Armstrong, PREDICTORS OF VIEWING AND ENJOYMENT OF REALITY-BASED AND FICTIONAL CRIME SHOWS, Journalism and mass communication quarterly, 72(3), 1995, pp. 559-570
Citations number
51
Categorie Soggetti
Communication
ISSN journal
10776990
Volume
72
Issue
3
Year of publication
1995
Pages
559 - 570
Database
ISI
SICI code
1077-6990(1995)72:3<559:POVAEO>2.0.ZU;2-1
Abstract
Telephone surveys were conducted in Virginia and Wisconsin to explore attitudinal predictors of exposure to and enjoyment of reality-based a nd fictional crime programs. Punitive attitudes about crime, higher le vels of racial prejudice, and higher levels of authoritarianism were a ssociated with more frequent viewing and greater enjoyment of reality- based programming, but were unrelated to enjoyment of fictional progra mming. Reality-based viewing and enjoyment were also more common among younger respondents, respondents with lower levels of education, and respondents who were heavier television viewers.