THE IMPACT OF QUOTATION IN NEWS REPORTS ON ISSUE PERCEPTION

Authors
GIBSON R ZILLMANN D
Citation
R. Gibson et D. Zillmann, THE IMPACT OF QUOTATION IN NEWS REPORTS ON ISSUE PERCEPTION, Journalism quarterly, 70(4), 1993, pp. 793-800
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Communication
Journal title
Journalism quarterly → ACNP
ISSN journal
01963031
Volume
70
Issue
4
Year of publication
1993
Pages
793 - 800
Database
ISI
SICI code
0196-3031(1993)70:4<793:TIOQIN>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
Respondents presented with news reports containing one-sided direct pe rsonal testimony challenging the safety of amusement parks perceived t he overall safety of such parks to be less adequate than respondents g iven the same information in indirect testimony or those presented wit h no testimony at all. This effect emerged only for print report, not radio.