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McCain, Thomas A.; Ross, Mark G. – Human Communication Research, 1979
Attempts to validate the basic constructs of a theory of cognitive switching developed from human performance literature and signaled stopping research. Presents data which display behavioral traces of the ways people organize television news into their information-processing system. (JMF)
Descriptors: Audiences, Behavior, Behavioral Science Research, Cognitive Processes
Shah, Dhavan V.; Kwak, Nojin; Schmierbach, Mike; Zubric, Jessica – Human Communication Research, 2004
This research considers how distinct news frames work in combination to influence information processing. It extends framing research grounded in prospect theory (Tversky & Kahneman, 1981) and attribution theory (Iyengar, 1991) to study conditional framing effects on associative memory. Using a 2 x 3 experimental design embedded within a…
Descriptors: Probability, Urbanization, Information Processing, Attribution Theory

Craig, Robert T. – Human Communication Research, 1977
Relates an experiment designed to test the hypothesis that cognitive change resulting from information inputs can be represented as linear motion of concepts in multidimensional space. (MH)
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Cognitive Measurement, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Tests