Paul D Driscoll
Biographic Data
| ID | 5776068 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Paul D Driscoll |
| GIVEN NAMES | Paul D |
| FAMILY NAME | Driscoll |
| SIGNATURE | DRISCOLL P D |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Miami |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1995 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Consequences of Third-Person Perception in Support of Press Restrictions in the O. J. Simpson Trial
A nationwide telephone survey about the O. J. Simpson trial affirmed the third-person effect perceptual-bias hypothesis that people perceive news media coverage to exert greater influence on other people than on themselves. The study did not indicate an association between third-person perception and support for restrictions on press coverage of the trial. The findings suggested that respondents' opinion about Simpson's guilt interacted with the …
U.S. television viewing in Trinidad: Cultural consequences on adolescents
This study examined the relationship between Trinidadian high school students' exposure to U.S. television programming and cultivation indicators. Television viewing was related to liberal social values concerning relationships, family, and authority. It was not related to cultural knowledge and estimations of Americans' material wealth. The findings raise questions about the assumed linear relationship between television viewing and cultivation.…
Feeling Informed? The ‘Assurance Function’ of the Mass Media
Journal Article FEELING INFORMED? THE 'ASSURANCE FUNCTION' OF THE MASS MEDIA Get access Michael B. Salwen, Michael B. Salwen Michael B. Salwen (Ph.D., Michigan State University, 1985) is an associate professor of communication at the University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL, USA. His research interests include mass communication effects and international mass media systems. He is co-editor of a forthcoming book on integrating theory and research in …
International news on Japanese and American network television: Regionalism and conflict
This study compared the coverage of international news on Japanese and United States network evening newscasts. Support was found for the hypothesis that both countries' newscasts would carry more national news than international news. But, contrary to expecta tions, neither country's newscasts devoted more attention to conflictive than non-conflictive international news. Nor was there evidence to suggest that developing countries were reported i…
Feeling Informed? The ‘Assurance Function’ of the Mass Media
Journal Article FEELING INFORMED? THE 'ASSURANCE FUNCTION' OF THE MASS MEDIA Get access Michael B. Salwen, Michael B. Salwen Michael B. Salwen (Ph.D., Michigan State University, 1985) is an associate professor of communication at the University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL, USA. His research interests include mass communication effects and international mass media systems. He is co-editor of a forthcoming book on integrating theory and research in …
International news on Japanese and American network television: Regionalism and conflict
This study compared the coverage of international news on Japanese and United States network evening newscasts. Support was found for the hypothesis that both countries' newscasts would carry more national news than international news. But, contrary to expecta tions, neither country's newscasts devoted more attention to conflictive than non-conflictive international news. Nor was there evidence to suggest that developing countries were reported i…
Feeling Informed? The ‘Assurance Function’ of the Mass Media
Journal Article FEELING INFORMED? THE 'ASSURANCE FUNCTION' OF THE MASS MEDIA Get access Michael B. Salwen, Michael B. Salwen Michael B. Salwen (Ph.D., Michigan State University, 1985) is an associate professor of communication at the University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL, USA. His research interests include mass communication effects and international mass media systems. He is co-editor of a forthcoming book on integrating theory and research in …
International news on Japanese and American network television: Regionalism and conflict
This study compared the coverage of international news on Japanese and United States network evening newscasts. Support was found for the hypothesis that both countries' newscasts would carry more national news than international news. But, contrary to expecta tions, neither country's newscasts devoted more attention to conflictive than non-conflictive international news. Nor was there evidence to suggest that developing countries were reported i…
U.S. television viewing in Trinidad: Cultural consequences on adolescents
This study examined the relationship between Trinidadian high school students' exposure to U.S. television programming and cultivation indicators. Television viewing was related to liberal social values concerning relationships, family, and authority. It was not related to cultural knowledge and estimations of Americans' material wealth. The findings raise questions about the assumed linear relationship between television viewing and cultivation.…
Consequences of Third-Person Perception in Support of Press Restrictions in the O. J. Simpson Trial
A nationwide telephone survey about the O. J. Simpson trial affirmed the third-person effect perceptual-bias hypothesis that people perceive news media coverage to exert greater influence on other people than on themselves. The study did not indicate an association between third-person perception and support for restrictions on press coverage of the trial. The findings suggested that respondents' opinion about Simpson's guilt interacted with the …
Media Studies and Communication (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Advertising (2 works) · Business (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Media Influence and Health (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Social Media and Politics (2 works)