Do Cultural Values Matter? A Cross-Cultural Study of the Third-Person Effect and Support for the Regulation of Violent Video Games

2015 ◽  
Vol 46 (7) ◽  
pp. 964-976 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seong Choul Hong
Keyword(s):  
Video Games ◽  
Cultural Values ◽  
Cultural Study ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Violent Video Games ◽  
Third Person Effect ◽  
The Third ◽  
Cross Cultural Study ◽  
Third Person ◽  
The Third Person

News Presentation and the Third-Person Effect of Violent Video Games

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 18-30
Author(s):  
Seong Choul Hong
Keyword(s):  
Video Games ◽  
Media Effects ◽  
Video Game ◽  
News Coverage ◽  
Violent Video Games ◽  
News Stories ◽  
Third Person Effect ◽  
The Third ◽  
Third Person ◽  
The Third Person

The present study explored the relationships between the tone in news presentations and the third-person effect. It investigated whether news stories about violent video games changed viewers perspectives based on the positively or negatively portrayed messages presented by the media. Overall, this study examined how news stories encouraged or discouraged viewers from supporting government regulations of violent video game content. An online survey of 388 American adults served as the main source of data collection. The study found that presumed media effects decreased on both others and self when viewers were exposed to positively presented news coverage. Subsequently, their support for regulating violent video games was reduced. However, no changes were found in third-person perception. In addition, those who were exposed to negative news coverage showed no significant changes in their perceived media effects on self, others, and support regulations on video game contents.

Effects of Light-Hearted and Serious Entertainment on Enjoyment of the First and Third Person

2016 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 42-48 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthias Hofer
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Media Consumption ◽  
First Person ◽  
Online Experiment ◽  
Entertainment Media ◽  
Third Person Effect ◽  
The Third ◽  
Third Person ◽  
Perceived Enjoyment ◽  
The Third Person

Abstract. This was a study on the perceived enjoyment of different movie genres. In an online experiment, 176 students were randomly divided into two groups (n = 88) and asked to estimate how much they, their closest friends, and young people in general enjoyed either serious or light-hearted movies. These self–other differences in perceived enjoyment of serious or light-hearted movies were also assessed as a function of differing individual motivations underlying entertainment media consumption. The results showed a clear third-person effect for light-hearted movies and a first-person effect for serious movies. The third-person effect for light-hearted movies was moderated by level of hedonic motivation, as participants with high hedonic motivations did not perceive their own and others’ enjoyment of light-hearted films differently. However, eudaimonic motivations did not moderate first-person perceptions in the case of serious films.

scholarly journals Reluctant to Share: How Third Person Perceptions of Fake News Discourage News Readers From Sharing “Real News” on Social Media

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 205630512095517
Author(s):  
Fan Yang ◽  
Michael Horning
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Behavioral Intentions ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Fake News ◽  
Third Person Effect ◽  
The Third ◽  
Third Person ◽  
The Third Person ◽  
Significant Attention

Rampant fake news on social media has drawn significant attention. Yet, much remains unknown as to how such imbalanced evaluations of self versus others could shape social media users’ perceptions and their subsequent attitudes and behavioral intentions regarding social media news. An online survey ( N = 335) was conducted to examine the third person effect (TPE) in fake news on social media and suggested that users perceived a greater influence of fake news on others than on themselves. However, although users evaluated fake news as socially undesirable, they were still unsupportive of government censorship as a remedy. In addition, the perceived prevalence of fake news leads audiences to reported significantly less willingness to share all news on social media either online or offline.

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