Crime News and Real-World Blues: The Effects of the Media on Social Reality.

O'Keefe, Garrett J.; Reid-Nash, Kathaleen

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ERIC Number: EJ350494

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Publication Date: 1987

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Crime News and Real-World Blues: The Effects of the Media on Social Reality.

O'Keefe, Garrett J.; Reid-Nash, Kathaleen

Communication Research: An International Quarterly, v14 n2 p147-63 Apr 1987

Indicates greater attention to televised news was related to subsequent increased fear, concern, and avoidance activity in the public's behavior. Finds no such effects for newspaper crime news attention, although greater concern was related to subsequent increased readership. (JD)

Descriptors: Audience Analysis, Behavior Patterns, Communication Research, Crime, Mass Media Effects, News Reporting, Newspapers, Public Opinion, Social Attitudes, Television

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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