L Erwin Atwood
Biographic Data
| ID | 4910239 |
|---|---|
| NAME | L Erwin Atwood |
| GIVEN NAMES | L Erwin |
| FAMILY NAME | Atwood |
| SIGNATURE | ATWOOD L E |
| AFFILIATIONS | College of Communications at The Pennsylvania State University at University Park, PA |
| ORCID | 0009-0003-7155-8386 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1979 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Environmental Risks in the News
Studies of news media reports of environmental risks generally have observed that environmental news tends to be dramatic and ambiguous with little information that would help the public understand the risks that exist in communities. This analysis was designed to identify differences between environmental news stories that report risks with those that do not. The sample of 841 news stories was drawn from 12,000 stories published between 1 Septem…
Environmental Stories Define Problems, Not Solutions
An analysis of Pennsylvania newspapers shows that most environmental stories focused on issues such as sewage, water pollution and land development, not on issues such as global warming
Optimism, pessimism, and communication behavior in response to an earthquake prediction
This analysis examines the public response to the 1990 Iben Browning earthquake prediction within the framework of social comparisons theory, which provides a context for examining people's beliefs about their own vulnerability compared with their beliefs about the vulnerability of most other people. Social comparisons do influence people's response to threat. Pessimistic respondents believed they were at greater risk than others and were more li…
News of U.S. and Japan in each other's papers
Perceptions of the media
One of the accepted conventions of journalism is that journalists should attribute news stories to an external source of information. In this way, according to popular belief, the news story becomes more "believable". In this article Atwood examines the conclusions of various studies conducted since 1950 concerning the nature of source credibility. He identifies four different sources for examination: the provider of the original details; the byl…
International News Trends and News Maps
In terms of the communication process, a physical map is equivalent to a channel or medium of communication. The knowledge that the map reader derives from the physical map takes shape in his head as a. mental map. Functionally, the process of encoding and decoding information through a map may be little different from that of encoding and decoding information through a newspaper. The primary difference between the two media is in the set of symb…
The 'Dialogue of the Deaf
A path model of political cognitions and attitudes, communication and voting behavior in a congressional election
A path model was developed to assess the effects of early campaign cognitions and attitudes on media use and interpersonal communication, subsequent cognitions, attitudes, and vote. Two interpretations of possible outcomes were postulated—agenda‐setting and uses and gratifications. It was argued that an agenda‐setting interpretation would be typified by a predominant effect of the cognitive elements in the model while a uses and gratifications in…
News of U.S. and Japan in each other's papers
The 'Dialogue of the Deaf
Environmental Stories Define Problems, Not Solutions
An analysis of Pennsylvania newspapers shows that most environmental stories focused on issues such as sewage, water pollution and land development, not on issues such as global warming
A path model of political cognitions and attitudes, communication and voting behavior in a congressional election
A path model was developed to assess the effects of early campaign cognitions and attitudes on media use and interpersonal communication, subsequent cognitions, attitudes, and vote. Two interpretations of possible outcomes were postulated—agenda‐setting and uses and gratifications. It was argued that an agenda‐setting interpretation would be typified by a predominant effect of the cognitive elements in the model while a uses and gratifications in…
A path model of political cognitions and attitudes, communication and voting behavior in a congressional election
A path model was developed to assess the effects of early campaign cognitions and attitudes on media use and interpersonal communication, subsequent cognitions, attitudes, and vote. Two interpretations of possible outcomes were postulated—agenda‐setting and uses and gratifications. It was argued that an agenda‐setting interpretation would be typified by a predominant effect of the cognitive elements in the model while a uses and gratifications in…
The 'Dialogue of the Deaf
International News Trends and News Maps
In terms of the communication process, a physical map is equivalent to a channel or medium of communication. The knowledge that the map reader derives from the physical map takes shape in his head as a. mental map. Functionally, the process of encoding and decoding information through a map may be little different from that of encoding and decoding information through a newspaper. The primary difference between the two media is in the set of symb…
Perceptions of the media
One of the accepted conventions of journalism is that journalists should attribute news stories to an external source of information. In this way, according to popular belief, the news story becomes more "believable". In this article Atwood examines the conclusions of various studies conducted since 1950 concerning the nature of source credibility. He identifies four different sources for examination: the provider of the original details; the byl…
News of U.S. and Japan in each other's papers
Optimism, pessimism, and communication behavior in response to an earthquake prediction
This analysis examines the public response to the 1990 Iben Browning earthquake prediction within the framework of social comparisons theory, which provides a context for examining people's beliefs about their own vulnerability compared with their beliefs about the vulnerability of most other people. Social comparisons do influence people's response to threat. Pessimistic respondents believed they were at greater risk than others and were more li…
Environmental Risks in the News
Studies of news media reports of environmental risks generally have observed that environmental news tends to be dramatic and ambiguous with little information that would help the public understand the risks that exist in communities. This analysis was designed to identify differences between environmental news stories that report risks with those that do not. The sample of 841 news stories was drawn from 12,000 stories published between 1 Septem…
Environmental Stories Define Problems, Not Solutions
An analysis of Pennsylvania newspapers shows that most environmental stories focused on issues such as sewage, water pollution and land development, not on issues such as global warming
Political science (6 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Media Studies and Communication (4 works) · Business (2 works) · Climate Change Communication and Perception (2 works) · Newspaper (2 works) · Perception (2 works) · Public relations (2 works) · Risk Perception and Management (2 works)