This study investigated the effect of first-person and third-person perceptions of web site
information. Responses from a telephone survey of 226 participants in a stratified random …

The current study contributes to the examination of third-person effects in the context of
Internet pornography in China. Drawing from third-person effect theory, this study …

This study examines variations in perceptions of media influence based on the locus of
impact (self vs. other) and the valence of the message (pro-social vs. anti-social). After …

While the third-person effect has proved to be a persistent and robust finding, most research
on this phenomenon has employed media stimuli with potentially harmful consequences for …

Grounded in scholarship on both the perceptual and behavioral components of the third-
person effect, the present experimental study examined the effects of perceived impact of …

Recognizing insufficient direct tests of the cognitive and motivational explanations of the
third-person perception (TPP), this study formulated and tested a set of hypotheses derived …

Research has widely demonstrated that personal sources of information are more influential
than firm-generated sources. The potential impact of others' opinions has dramatically …

We are bombarded with media messages throughout our day, from television news,
advertising, and entertainment, to newspaper content, to outdoor advertising as we travel, to …

Among various interface cues, expertise, identity, and bandwagon cues have been
consistently found to have significant effects on media users' perceptions of online news …

C ommunication via messengers, email, chats, online-phone calls and onlinevideoconferes
is one of the prime applications of the Internet (Greenspan 2004). Indeed, the use of these …