This review explicates the past, present and future of theory and research concerning
audience perceptions of the media as well as the effects that perceptions of media have on …

This study examines whether perceptions of media influence and perceptions of media
hostility towards one's views predict taking “corrective” actions to ensure that one's views are …

The third-person effect hypothesis has generated a vibrant research area. The expansion of
this literature poses need for a systematic synthesis of the empirical evidence and …

Although measures of perceived message effectiveness are commonly employed in
formative evaluation research, the validity of such measures has been assumed rather than …

Media scholars as well as the public frequently use the terms “mass communication” and
“mass media”, but the meaning of these terms is often ambiguous. While it is assumed that …

What effect do the media have on you? Does news change your mind about issues? Do
political commercials influence your beliefs? Does television violence make you more …

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 …

Any liberal who still loves the First Amendment is a fool. So says most recent legal
scholarship. This Article disagrees and advances a principled, politically neutral defense of …

Self Versus Others explores the third-person effect and its role in media as a means of
persuasion. This scholarly work synthesizes more than two decades of research on the third …

The perceived effect of the media on the self when compared to others has been adequately
established over the last 25 five years. Rather than a third-person effect where individuals …