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Research paper thumbnail of Violent Crime and Poisson Regression: A Measure and a Method for Cultivation Analysis

Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media, 2001

... Initially, a Gaussian ("normal") regression was employed to examine the relationshi... more ... Initially, a Gaussian ("normal") regression was employed to examine the relationship between television viewing ... variable in these regressions is significantly non-normal, with left truncation, a long ... Such distributions, called Poisson distributions, are often, as here, the result of ...

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Research paper thumbnail of Television and attitudes toward mental health issues: Cultivation analysis and the third-person effect

Journal of Community Psychology, 2007

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Research paper thumbnail of “They Say One Thing and Mean Another” How Differences in In-Group Understandings of Key Goals Shape Political Knowledge

Nordicom Review, 2015

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Research paper thumbnail of Reading in the Mobile Era

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Research paper thumbnail of Reading in the Mobile Era

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Research paper thumbnail of Validating a Scale for the Measurement of Credibility: A Covariance Structure Modeling Approach

Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, 1994

Abstract: Presents an attempt to cross-validate a widely used set of standard credibility scales.... more Abstract: Presents an attempt to cross-validate a widely used set of standard credibility scales. Finds that the Meyer modification of the Gaziano-McGrath scales appears to validly and reliably measure credibility per se but that a second set of scales posited to measure ...

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Research paper thumbnail of Portrayal of Lobotomy in the Popular Press: 1935-1960

Journal of the History of the Neurosciences, 1999

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Research paper thumbnail of The Dilemma of Group Membership in the Internet Age: Public Knowledge as Preferred Misinformation

Javnost / The Public

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Research paper thumbnail of The Epistemology of Risk and the Social Construction of Dread Risk

Risk itself can readily be construed as the sum of the likelihood of the occurrence of a hazardou... more Risk itself can readily be construed as the sum of the likelihood of the occurrence of a hazardous event times the severity of the mortality, morbidity or property loss that can be caused by the event or exposure. As such, it would seem likely that humans, as rational entities, could calculate the likelihood of risks from various threats, compare those risks, and rationally choose between such options as energy sources, the risks of vaccination versus a lack of vaccination, and the like without difficulty; yet it is clear that a variety of rational pathologies accompany such decisions. One such pathology is dread risk, defined by Slovic as "perceived lack of control, dread, catastrophic potential, fatal consequences, and the inequitable distribution of risks and benefits." Such risks include nuclear meltdown, risk of Ebola, and other unfamiliar, low-probabilty, and catastrophic risks. Here, I discuss the role of media in the formation of dread risk perceptions, and the uti...

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Research paper thumbnail of A Concordance to the French Poetry and Prose of John Gower

Speculum, 2000

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Research paper thumbnail of Is the Internet an Emergent Public Sphere?

Journal of Mass Media Ethics, 2013

ABSTRACT Much has been made of the power of the Internet and related communication technologies t... more ABSTRACT Much has been made of the power of the Internet and related communication technologies to serve as a new public sphere in which democracy can flourish. The evidence, however, has been limited; like the telephone and the postal letter before that, the Internet has powers as a capable tool for organizing social action and protest. Otherwise, though, it seems to have been co-opted by commercial interests and to be used by the public for arguments concerning already settled opinions, a far cry from the fruitful and thoughtful debates demanded by a true public sphere.

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Research paper thumbnail of Secessionism Meets the New World Order: The Southern League, David Hume, and the Urge to Create Borders

The Journal of American Culture, 2001

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Research paper thumbnail of Violent Crime and Poisson Regression: A Measure and a Method for Cultivation Analysis

Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media, 2001

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Research paper thumbnail of Violent Crime and Poisson Regression: A Measure and a Method for Cultivation Analysis

Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media, 2001

... Initially, a Gaussian ("normal") regression was employed to examine the relationshi... more ... Initially, a Gaussian ("normal") regression was employed to examine the relationship between television viewing ... variable in these regressions is significantly non-normal, with left truncation, a long ... Such distributions, called Poisson distributions, are often, as here, the result of ...

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Research paper thumbnail of Television and attitudes toward mental health issues: Cultivation analysis and the third-person effect

Journal of Community Psychology, 2007

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Research paper thumbnail of “They Say One Thing and Mean Another” How Differences in In-Group Understandings of Key Goals Shape Political Knowledge

Nordicom Review, 2015

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Research paper thumbnail of Reading in the Mobile Era

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Research paper thumbnail of Reading in the Mobile Era

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Research paper thumbnail of Validating a Scale for the Measurement of Credibility: A Covariance Structure Modeling Approach

Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, 1994

Abstract: Presents an attempt to cross-validate a widely used set of standard credibility scales.... more Abstract: Presents an attempt to cross-validate a widely used set of standard credibility scales. Finds that the Meyer modification of the Gaziano-McGrath scales appears to validly and reliably measure credibility per se but that a second set of scales posited to measure ...

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Research paper thumbnail of Portrayal of Lobotomy in the Popular Press: 1935-1960

Journal of the History of the Neurosciences, 1999

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Research paper thumbnail of The Dilemma of Group Membership in the Internet Age: Public Knowledge as Preferred Misinformation

Javnost / The Public

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Research paper thumbnail of The Epistemology of Risk and the Social Construction of Dread Risk

Risk itself can readily be construed as the sum of the likelihood of the occurrence of a hazardou... more Risk itself can readily be construed as the sum of the likelihood of the occurrence of a hazardous event times the severity of the mortality, morbidity or property loss that can be caused by the event or exposure. As such, it would seem likely that humans, as rational entities, could calculate the likelihood of risks from various threats, compare those risks, and rationally choose between such options as energy sources, the risks of vaccination versus a lack of vaccination, and the like without difficulty; yet it is clear that a variety of rational pathologies accompany such decisions. One such pathology is dread risk, defined by Slovic as "perceived lack of control, dread, catastrophic potential, fatal consequences, and the inequitable distribution of risks and benefits." Such risks include nuclear meltdown, risk of Ebola, and other unfamiliar, low-probabilty, and catastrophic risks. Here, I discuss the role of media in the formation of dread risk perceptions, and the uti...

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Research paper thumbnail of A Concordance to the French Poetry and Prose of John Gower

Speculum, 2000

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Research paper thumbnail of Is the Internet an Emergent Public Sphere?

Journal of Mass Media Ethics, 2013

ABSTRACT Much has been made of the power of the Internet and related communication technologies t... more ABSTRACT Much has been made of the power of the Internet and related communication technologies to serve as a new public sphere in which democracy can flourish. The evidence, however, has been limited; like the telephone and the postal letter before that, the Internet has powers as a capable tool for organizing social action and protest. Otherwise, though, it seems to have been co-opted by commercial interests and to be used by the public for arguments concerning already settled opinions, a far cry from the fruitful and thoughtful debates demanded by a true public sphere.

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Research paper thumbnail of Secessionism Meets the New World Order: The Southern League, David Hume, and the Urge to Create Borders

The Journal of American Culture, 2001

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Research paper thumbnail of Violent Crime and Poisson Regression: A Measure and a Method for Cultivation Analysis

Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media, 2001

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