Steven H Chaffee

Biographic Data

ID116398
NAMESteven H Chaffee
GIVEN NAMESSteven H
FAMILY NAMEChaffee
SIGNATURECHAFFEE S H
AFFILIATIONSStanford University
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS43
TOTAL CITATIONS850
AUTHOR COUNT43
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1967
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2002
H-INDEX13

  • Adolescents' Contributions to Family Communication Patterns

    Open AccessMelissa Nichols Saphir, Steven H ChaffeeARTICLEHuman Communication Research2002

    Early explications of family communication patterns (FCP) suggested that a family's communication pattern arises as a result of interactions in which parents and adolescents influence each other. In contrast, empirical research usually treats FCP as parent-imposed norms that influence socialization outcomes in adolescents, without testing whether adolescents' socialization influences FCP. This study revisits the assumption that adolescents influe…

  • From Top-Down to Trickle-Up Influence

    Michael Mcdevitt, Steven H Chaffee et al.ARTICLEPolitical Communication2002Cited by: 124References: 57

    A growing number of theorists are calling for a revival of research on political socialization based on the premise that children are active in their own civic development. We advance this argument a step further by proposing a model of family communication that reverses the roles of parents and children as conventionally understood in political socialization. Adolescent children are not merely receptive to political stimulation; they possess the…

  • The End of Mass Communication

    Steven H Chaffee, Miriam J MetzgerARTICLEMass Communication & Society2001Cited by: 123References: 4

    2001). The End of Mass Communication? Mass Communication and Society: Vol. 4, No. 4, pp. 365-379

  • Attention to Counter-Attitudinal Messages in a State Election Campaign

    Steven H Chaffee, Melissa Nichols Saphir Steven H Chaffee et al.ARTICLEPolitical Communication2001Cited by: 37References: 27

    Research following the "selective exposure" model has focused on avoidance of political messages with which a person might disagree. But positive attention to such "counter-attitudinal" messages is worthy of study, in part because normative theories of democracy value exposure to information that might disturb citizens' political predispositions. Surveys of youth (N = 417) and parents (N = 430) examine attention to newspaper, television, and Web …

  • Studying the New Communication of Politics

    Steven H Chaffee, Steven ChaffeeARTICLEPolitical Communication2001Cited by: 13References: 15

    A research agenda set forth in the 1975 book Political Communication is well suited for study in an era when conventional mass communication gives way to less centralized channels. Features of this approach include a focus on behavior and cognitions rather than inferred attitudes, close attention to measurement of media experience, conceptualization of curvilinear processes that occur over time, comparative theorizing that can be tested across di…

  • Closing Gaps in Political Communication and Knowledge

    Open AccessMichael Mcdevitt, Steven H Chaffee et al.ARTICLECommunication Research2000

    A model of family influence that reverses the traditional roles of parents and children is presented to explain the results of a school intervention that narrowed political communication and knowledge gaps between parents of high and low socioeconomic status (SES). Students' exposure to a civics curriculum stimulated adolescent news media use at home and discussions with parents about an ongoing election campaign. These discussions, in turn, stim…

  • George Gallup and Ralph Nafziger

    Steven H ChaffeeARTICLEMass Communication & Society2000Cited by: 3References: 3

    In keeping with end-of-century biographies of great leaders, this essay traces the careers of opinion pollster George Gallup and journalism educator Ralph Nafziger. They inadvertently overlapped in 1930, by publishing the first Journalism Quarterly articles on newspaper readers. Gallup became internationally recognized as creator of the Gallup Poll and other media audience enterprises. He invented some standard questions that are used in academic…

  • Health Campaign Channels Tradeoffs Among Reach, Specificity, and Impact

    Open AccessCaroline Schooler, Steven H Chaffee et al.ARTICLEHuman Communication Research1998Cited by: 10References: 32

    The authors examined comparative effects of five health campaign channels used in the Stanford Five-City Multifactor Risk Reduction Project. Three distinct criterion variables were evaluated: (a) reach, measured as the number of messages intervention community residents remembered; (b) specificity, assessed by examining whether the campaign differentially reached those who were already knowledgeable and practicing cardiovascular disease risk redu…

  • The National Television Violence Studies

    Steven H Chaffee, Steven ChaffeeARTICLEJournal of Communication1997

    The National Television Violence Studies National Television Violence Study, Vol.1. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, 1997. 568 pp. $69.95 (hard), $32.95 (soft).National Television Violence Study, Vol.2. By University of California, Santa Barbara; University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; University of Texas, Austin; University of Wisconsin, Madison. Edited by Center for Communication and Social Policy, University of California, Santa Barbara. Thousand O…

  • Learning about Politics from the Mass Media

    Steven H Chaffee, Stacey Frank KanihanARTICLEPolitical Communication1997Cited by: 84References: 9

    1997). Learning about Politics from the Mass Media. Political Communication: Vol. 14, No. 4, pp. 421-430

  • To See Ourselves

    Li Zong, Zhongdang Pan et al.ARTICLEPacific Affairs1997

    Culture and values procedures differences in value prevalence between China and the US effects of social and demographic characteristics configurations of cultural values communication influences and individual differences macroscopic comparisons - Taiwan and Korea Summary and looking ahead

  • How Americans Get Political Information

    Open AccessSteven H Chaffee, Steven Chaffee et al.ARTICLEThe Annals of the American…1996Cited by: 69References: 36

    This article examines the extent to which major sources of political information affect citizen learning. Recent empirical comparisons of mass media channels show, contrary to earlier research, that television news is informative for American voters, albeit in ways different from newspapers. Television news provides more information about candidates; newspapers, more about parties. Both are sources of issue information. Print media are consulted …

  • Communication behavior and presidential approval

    Dennis F Kinsey, Steven H ChaffeeARTICLEPolitical Communication1996Cited by: 3References: 9

    This study compares empirically the relationship between presidential approval and interpersonal discussion in parallel with the role of mass media, during the 1992 U.S. primary election campaign. Data were collected in a panel survey of 670 randomly sampled registered voters in four California counties (Humboldt, Santa Clara, Orange, and San Diego). Interviews were conducted by telephone at the beginning of the primary campaign, and again just a…

  • Science of Coercion

    Steven H Chaffee, Christopher SimpsonARTICLEJournal of American History1995Cited by: 2

    Journal Article Science of Coercion: Communication Research and Psychological Warfare, 1945–1960. By Christopher Simpson. (New York: Oxford University Press, 1994. x, 204 pp. $29.95, ISBN 0-19-507193-X.) Get access Steven H. Chaffee Steven H. Chaffee Stanford University, Stanford, California Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 82, Issue 1, June 1995, Pages 345–346, https://d…

  • Political Knowledge and the Campaign Media of 1992

    Open AccessSteven H Chaffee, Xinshu Zhao et al.ARTICLECommunication Research1994

    Effects of various mass media on political learning during the 1992 presidential campaign are examined via analyses of two voter surveys conducted in different states. Three indicators of political knowledge are compared: differences on issues between parties (Republican vs. Democratic), differences on issues among candidates (Bush vs. Clinton vs. Perot), and personal knowledge about the candidates (Bush, Clinton, and Perot). Campaign media, incl…

  • The Past and the Future of Communication Study

    Open AccessEverett M Rogers, Steven H ChaffeeARTICLEJournal of Communication1993

    Everett M. Rogers, Steven H. Chaffee; The Past and the Future of Communication Study: Convergence or Divergence?, Journal of Communication, Volume 43, Issu

  • Foreign Media and the Desire to Emigrate from Belize

    Open AccessLeslie Snyder, Leslie B Snyder et al.ARTICLEJournal of Communication1991

    Journal Article Foreign Media and the Desire to Emigrate from Belize Get access Leslie Snyder, Leslie Snyder 1Leslie Snyder is Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication Sciences, University of Connecticut. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Connie Roser, Connie Roser 2Connie Roser is Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication, University of Denver Search for other works by this author…

  • Regulating Pornography

    Open AccessMargaret E Thompson, Steven H Chaffee et al.ARTICLEJournal of Communication1990

    Margaret E. Thompson, Steven H. Chaffee, Hayg H. Oshagan; Regulating Pornography: A Public Dilemma, Journal of Communication, Volume 40, Issue 3, 1 Septemb

  • The Bridging Role of Television in Immigrant Political Socialization

    Open AccessSteven H Chaffee, Clifford et al.ARTICLEHuman Communication Research1990Cited by: 26References: 22

    A survey of Korean-American immigrants in California compares television news with other socialization factors in the acquisition of knowledge about American politics. U. S. television news exposure ranks alongside the newspaper as a positive predictor of U.S. political learning for this sample of Korean immigrants and is more important than other predictors, including years of schooling. Among long-time U.S. residents and those with strong Engli…

  • Computers, Mass Media, and Schooling

    Open AccessDebra A Lieberman, Steven H Chaffee et al.ARTICLESocial Science Computer Review1988Cited by: 2References: 5

    Functional equivalence theory was applied to a study of eighth graders contrasting recreational users and intellectual users of computers in terms of academic performance and use of other media. Recreational users, who play video games frequently, were the heaviest television viewers and performed the most poorly at school. Intellectual users, who use computers for writing programs and for schoolwork, were the lightest television viewers and demo…

  • Differentiating the hypodermic model from empirical research

    Steven H ChaffeeARTICLECommunication Monographs1988Cited by: 1References: 4

    (1988). Differentiating the hypodermic model from empirical research: A comment on Bineham's commentaries. Communication Monographs: Vol. 55, No. 3, pp. 247-249

  • In Memoriam

    Steven H ChaffeeARTICLEPublic Opinion Quarterly1988

    Journal Article Wilbur Schramm, 1907–1987 Get access STEVEN H. CHAFFEE STEVEN H. CHAFFEE Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Public Opinion Quarterly, Volume 52, Issue 3, FALL 1988, Pages 372–373, https://doi.org/10.1086/269114 Published: 01 January 1988

  • On Bridging the Communication Gap

    Open AccessCharles R Berger, Steven H ChaffeeARTICLEHuman Communication Research1988Cited by: 18References: 1

    While we endorse recent calls for greater collaboration between mass communication and interpersonal communication researchers, in this response we delineate four factors that account for the relative lack of integration of these two areas of communication inquiry. The social policy focus of mass communication research, the high level of public concern over media effects, a variety of methodological cleavages, and different cognate field referent…

  • Measurement and Effects of Attention to Media News

    Open AccessSteven H Chaffee, Joan SchleuderARTICLEHuman Communication Research1986Cited by: 161References: 21

    Journal Article Measurement and Effects of Attention to Media News Get access Steven H. Chaffee, Steven H. Chaffee 1Steven H. Chaffee (Ph.D., Stanford University, 1965) is professor of communication at Stanford University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Joan Schleuder Joan Schleuder 2Joan Schleuder (Ph.D., University of Wisconsin—Madison, 1986) is assistant professor of journalism at the University of Texa…

  • Defending the indefensible

    Open AccessSteven H Chaffee, George Gerbner et al.ARTICLESociety1984