Bad news transmission as a function of the definitiveness of consequences and the relationship between communicator and recipient
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6204057 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mieneke W H Weenig (Leiden University), Arieneke C W J Groenenboom, Henk A M Wilke, Henk Wilke |
| Year | 2001 |
| Volume | 80 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 449-461 |
| Publication date | 2001-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-3514 • E-ISSN: 1939-1315 |
| Publisher | American Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1037/0022-3514.80.3.449 |
| PMID | 11300578 |
| OpenAlex | W2030679079 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 15 |
| References cited | 20 |
There is ample evidence suggesting (e.g., A. Tesser & S. Rosen, 1975) that people are reluctant to transmit bad news. Research on rumors, on the other hand, suggests that people sometimes are less reluctant to transmit bad news. It is argued that differences between the 2 lines of research include the definitiveness of the consequences of the news and the relationship between communicator and recipient. The influence of these 2 factors on news transmission was investigated in 3 experiments. Results showed that bad news with indefinite consequences was transmitted more often than bad news with definite consequences and that both kinds of bad news were transmitted more often if the recipient was a friend rather than a stranger. Differences in feelings of moral responsibility to transmit the news largely accounted for both effects. The 2 factors did not affect the likelihood of good news transmission
Advertising · Affect (linguistics) · Feeling · Function (biology) · News media · Telecommunications · Transmission (telecommunications) · Communication · Media Influence and Health · Misinformation and Its Impacts · Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence · Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 15 |
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| Citations per year | 0,75 |
| Citation span | 2006 - 2024 (19) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 15 |