Affiliation:
1. University of Georgia
2. Park School of Communications at Ithaca College
3. University of Tennessee in Knoxville
Abstract
This study examined whether medium is an important factor in arousal of curiosity about morbid events. A total of 131 undergraduate students read or viewed six reports: one good news story, one neutral story and four morbid stories. One group read print versions only, while a second group saw photographic images depicting these events and a third group viewed televised versions of these events. Subjects rated stories on a 100-point thermometer rating scale measuring attraction-aversion. Television news reports, somewhat contrary to expectations, did not evoke more curiosity about morbid events than did print or still photo accounts. Television may be getting a bad rap, the authors suggest.
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