In this study, the characteristics of what users observe when visiting a media website as
wells as the prediction of the impact on oneself, friends and others are researched. The …

Few studies have explored the direct influence of social networking websites (SNWs), and to
the best of our knowledge, none have examined the indirect influence of SNWs on users …

Abstract Originally proposed by Davison (1983), the TPE hypothesis maintains that people
who are exposed to general persuasive media messages believe that these messages have …

This study examined the role of gender in the third-person effect in the context of Internet
pornography. The results indicate that most respondents believe Internet pornography has a …

Using an experimental design, this study investigated third-person effect and media
credibility as a result of media attribution. Specifically, we compared third-person effect …

In this study, we report the results of a meta-analysis concerning the third-person effect's
perceptual hypothesis. The hypothesis predicts that people judge the media to exert greater …

This study examined the third-person effect and the optimistic bias in Internet communication
and to what degree sufficiency resource affected the third-person effect and the optimistic …

This study employs a framework of third-person effect to understand how users perceive the
effect of SNWs, with an attempt to uncover the important indirect influence of SNWs. The …

Both conceptually and empirically, the third‐person effect has been confined to the effects of
mass communication (people tend to believe others are more susceptible to media …

Using online comments posted on news stories as the context, this study aimed to examine
the interplay between the third-person perception (TPP)–that people believe media …