MOOD INFLUENCE ON THE APPEAL OF BAD-NEWS

Authors
BISWAS R RIFFE D ZILLMANN D
Citation
R. Biswas et al., MOOD INFLUENCE ON THE APPEAL OF BAD-NEWS, Journalism quarterly, 71(3), 1994, pp. 689-696
Citations number
26
Categorie Soggetti
Communication
Journal title
Journalism quarterly → ACNP
ISSN journal
01963031
Volume
71
Issue
3
Year of publication
1994
Pages
689 - 696
Database
ISI
SICI code
0196-3031(1994)71:3<689:MIOTAO>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
Respondents were placed into a bad or good mood and then provided with reading choices. They chose magazine articles that featured either ba d or good news. In agreement with theoretical expectations, women in a bad mood were drawn to good news, sampling significantly more of it t han women in a good mood. Men did not show this preference, however. G ender-specific selection of news stories was further evident in that w omen in a bad mood sampled less bad news than did men in a bad mood, w hereas women in a good mood sampled more bad news than men in a good m ood did.