Pub Date : 2023-01-04DOI: 10.1027/1864-1105/a000369
Robert D. Ridge, Christopher E. Hawk, Logan D. McCombs, Kelsie J. Richards, Cheyenne A. Schultz, Rowan K. Ashton, Luke D. Hartvigsen, Derek Bartlett
Abstract. We identified participants in the United States ( N = 302) who believed that they were vulnerable to becoming more aggressive after playing a violent video game (a vulnerability belief) and those who believed that playing violent video games would not make them more aggressive (an immunity belief). Participants played either a violent or a nonviolent video game and then competed with a fictional opponent in a competitive reaction time task. Results revealed that those with an immunity belief did not behave more aggressively after playing a violent video game. Unexpectedly, those with a vulnerability belief behaved less aggressively after playing a violent video game. We discuss implications for future research and media literacy education.
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Pub Date : 2023-01-01DOI: 10.1027/1864-1105/a000376
N. Bowman
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Pub Date : 2022-12-12DOI: 10.1027/1864-1105/a000364
M. Jadallah, C. S. Green, J Zhang
Abstract. This exploratory study examined the video gaming experience of 160 urban public-school preteen-age students as well as the association between video game play and students’ performance on a standardized cognitive ability test (CogAT), which includes verbal, quantitative, and nonverbal/spatial batteries. Overall, neither duration of play nor video game genres played had significant correlations with the CogAT measures. Similarly, when using an “extreme-groups” approach to examine relations with playing a subset of games previously linked with certain enhancements in cognitive skill (i.e., action video games), no significant effects were observed. These results are thus inconsistent with theories that predict diminished cognitive performance in children who play a great deal of video games, but they are also inconsistent with previous work suggesting possible enhancements in those who play certain types of games. The potential contribution of this null finding and an alternative explanation are discussed.
{"title":"Video Game Play: Any Association With Preteens' Cognitive Ability Test Performance?","authors":"M. Jadallah, C. S. Green, J Zhang","doi":"10.1027/1864-1105/a000364","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1027/1864-1105/a000364","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract. This exploratory study examined the video gaming experience of 160 urban public-school preteen-age students as well as the association between video game play and students’ performance on a standardized cognitive ability test (CogAT), which includes verbal, quantitative, and nonverbal/spatial batteries. Overall, neither duration of play nor video game genres played had significant correlations with the CogAT measures. Similarly, when using an “extreme-groups” approach to examine relations with playing a subset of games previously linked with certain enhancements in cognitive skill (i.e., action video games), no significant effects were observed. These results are thus inconsistent with theories that predict diminished cognitive performance in children who play a great deal of video games, but they are also inconsistent with previous work suggesting possible enhancements in those who play certain types of games. The potential contribution of this null finding and an alternative explanation are discussed.","PeriodicalId":366104,"journal":{"name":"J. Media Psychol. Theor. Methods Appl.","volume":"223 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124429632","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-12-12DOI: 10.1027/1864-1105/a000368
Angela Rose, Laura A. Brannon
Abstract. This study examined the efficacy of using behavioral feedback and social norms health message interventions to reduce social networking site (SNS) use. A total of 107 participants reported their current SNS use and attitude through endorsement of the statement “I spend too much time on social media” before being randomly assigned to read a message (control, generic consequences, social norms, or behavioral feedback). After reading the message, participants reported their future intentions to use social media and responded to the statement again. The results demonstrated a relationship between the social norms message and future intended SNS use, such that those who read information about the norm for SNS use were more likely to report that they intended to reduce their SNS use in the future. An interaction suggested that the higher the current use, the more effective it was to expose the user to the social norm. Additionally, an association was found between the behavioral feedback message and the belief that they were currently using SNSs too much, such that those who saw tailored consequences of their use were more likely to endorse the statement more strongly. Overall, using these health messages as an intervention to reduce SNS use is a promising avenue that should be explored further.
{"title":"Using Health Intervention Messages to Reduce Intentions to Spend Time on Social Networks","authors":"Angela Rose, Laura A. Brannon","doi":"10.1027/1864-1105/a000368","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1027/1864-1105/a000368","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract. This study examined the efficacy of using behavioral feedback and social norms health message interventions to reduce social networking site (SNS) use. A total of 107 participants reported their current SNS use and attitude through endorsement of the statement “I spend too much time on social media” before being randomly assigned to read a message (control, generic consequences, social norms, or behavioral feedback). After reading the message, participants reported their future intentions to use social media and responded to the statement again. The results demonstrated a relationship between the social norms message and future intended SNS use, such that those who read information about the norm for SNS use were more likely to report that they intended to reduce their SNS use in the future. An interaction suggested that the higher the current use, the more effective it was to expose the user to the social norm. Additionally, an association was found between the behavioral feedback message and the belief that they were currently using SNSs too much, such that those who saw tailored consequences of their use were more likely to endorse the statement more strongly. Overall, using these health messages as an intervention to reduce SNS use is a promising avenue that should be explored further.","PeriodicalId":366104,"journal":{"name":"J. Media Psychol. Theor. Methods Appl.","volume":"35 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129025692","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-11-23DOI: 10.1027/1864-1105/a000367
C. Francemone, Nicholas L. Matthews
Abstract. We examined how morality subcultures moderate judgments of a narrative character’s behavior along the moral continuum. Using the moral continuum procedure (MCP) across two studies ( Matthews, 2019 ), we identify the point along the moral continuum where trait moral salience (i.e., one’s sensitivity to different moral foundations) begins to influence moral judgments. Findings indicate that trait moral salience does not influence judgments of less immoral behaviors (i.e., behaviors that fall along the beginning the continuum). However, trait moral salience does impact judgments of more immoral behaviors (i.e., behaviors that fall on the latter half of the continuum), in a pattern consistent with past research. Our data imply that a moral tipping point along the continuum exists, where moral judgments shift from moral consensus (i.e., a general uniformity in moral judgments) to moral disagreement (i.e., divergence in judgement caused by individual differences in trait moral salience). We posit that dynamic coordination theory’s conceptualization of common knowledge helps explain the observed tipping point. Thus, the current project contributes toward extant media theorizing ( Tamborini et al., 2012 ) by specifying how morality subcultures function along a moral continuum.
摘要我们研究了道德亚文化如何在道德连续体中缓和对叙事角色行为的判断。在两项研究中使用道德连续体程序(MCP) (Matthews, 2019)，我们确定了道德连续体上的一个点，在这个点上，特质道德显著性(即一个人对不同道德基础的敏感性)开始影响道德判断。研究结果表明，特质道德显著性并不影响对不那么不道德的行为(即，沿着连续体开始的行为)的判断。然而，特质道德显著性确实会影响对更多不道德行为(即落在连续体后半部分的行为)的判断，其模式与过去的研究一致。我们的数据表明，在连续体中存在一个道德临界点，道德判断从道德共识(即道德判断的普遍一致性)转变为道德分歧(即道德显著性的个体差异导致的判断分歧)。我们假设动态协调理论对共同知识的概念化有助于解释观察到的临界点。因此，当前的项目通过指定道德亚文化如何沿着道德连续体发挥作用，有助于现有的媒体理论化(Tamborini et al.， 2012)。
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Pub Date : 2022-11-23DOI: 10.1027/1864-1105/a000362
R. Forster, Megan A. Vendemia, J. Journeay, Sarah E. Downey
Abstract. Building on the persuasion knowledge model and theories of parasocial relationships (PSRs), our study explored mechanisms underlying the persuasive effects of social media influencers. Our study uniquely considered PSRs as a dynamic process, such that audiences’ responses to persuasive attempts depend on their relational stage with the influencer. A longitudinal experimental design traced participants’ development of PSRs with a YouTube vlogger over four timepoints. Contrary to our hypothesis that early disclosure of corporate sponsorship reduces PSRs and persuasion, the persuasive effect of sponsorship disclosure did not vary depending on the relational stage at which it appeared (zero-history encounter with vlogger vs. after establishing a relationship with vlogger over several episodes). In line with past research, PSR intensity and authenticity promoted persuasion by reducing resistance to persuasion, regardless of sponsorship timing.
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Pub Date : 2022-11-23DOI: 10.1027/1864-1105/a000359
Ryan Tan, Heather Shoenberger, Weilin Cong, Mehrdad Mahdavi
Abstract. Autonomous sensory meridian response (ASMR) is a tingling sensation occurring in response to specific sensory stimuli. Scholarship has yet to investigate what attributes these stimuli possess that allows them to facilitate desirable emotional effects through such atypical psycho-sensorial experiences. In this exploratory investigation, Study 1 utilized machine learning methods to categorize ASMR content based on their sound structures. Four categories emerged that were then used in a second study that utilized an online experiment ( N = 230) to investigate relationships between the categories of sound structures and participants’ psychological experiences of ASMR. These findings help us understand how ASMR content generates arousal and affect that audiences seek.
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Pub Date : 2022-11-23DOI: 10.1027/1864-1105/a000363
S. Klausing
Abstract. The privacy paradox, indicating that individuals act contrary to their privacy preferences (i.e., attitudes, concerns) when disclosing data in online environments, has received much attention. While the general notion has largely been refuted, contextual factors can still coax individuals into acting contrary to their privacy preferences. In this study, I introduce attitude certainty as a possible contextual factor and argue that the correspondence between privacy attitudes and data disclosure decreases if people are less certain about whether or not to disclose personal data online. To this end, I conducted an online study ( N = 361) on the association between privacy attitudes and online disclosure behavior in the context of fitness application usage. Results indicated no evidence of paradoxical online disclosure behavior, as privacy attitudes generally strongly predicted data sharing. The study provided a first indication that lower attitude certainty is associated with a lower correspondence between attitudes toward data disclosure and online disclosure behavior. For one of four types of data studied, it was found that individuals who were less certain in their attitudes toward privacy were more likely to deviate from their attitudes in online disclosure. Hence, it seems that attitude certainty can be further explored as a potential contextual factor when studying online disclosure behavior and the role of privacy.
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Pub Date : 2022-11-04DOI: 10.1027/1864-1105/a000360
Brianna L. Lane, Ioana A. Cionea, Norah E. Dunbar, C. Carr
Abstract. Warranting theory articulates the process by which individuals connect online information to an offline target, guiding impression formation. The presence of online information alone may not innately guide impression formation about a target. Rather, the connection of that claim to perceptions of a target’s offline self should be driven by several antecedents. The reported experiment tested the antecedent factors of third-party claims with respect to perceptions and behavioral intentions toward a course instructor. Undergraduate students in the United States ( N = 209) viewed a hypothetical professor-rating website reflecting a 2 (target reply: present or absent) × 2 (rater identifiability: identifiable or anonymous) × 2 (number of ratings: many or few) × 2 (average rating: present or absent) experimental design, and reported the characteristics they perceived the target professor to possess offline. Results of a structural equation model revealed only an individual’s ability to reply to online information influenced judgments of warranting value; but the warranting value of the online information influenced subsequent impressions of the target’s offline attributes.
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Pub Date : 2022-11-04DOI: 10.1027/1864-1105/a000361
K. Krakowiak
Abstract. In recent years, entertainment scholars have investigated the extent to which negative emotions such as grief, distress, and loneliness are experienced by viewers following the departure of a favorite character or the cancellation or completion of a television series – also referred to as parasocial breakup (PSB). An online questionnaire ( N = 814) was administered to understand predictors of PSB following the end of a series as they relate to character involvement and holistic enjoyment and appreciation experiences. Findings revealed that a parasocial relationship (PSR) with a favorite character and liking of and identification with the character positively enhanced enjoyment of the series. PSR and identification also facilitated appreciation of the series. Moreover, while PSR and appreciation increased PSB, character liking and enjoyment of the series decreased it. Theoretical implications for the contrasting roles of hedonic and eudaimonic media experiences in predicting PSB are discussed.
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