Effectiveness of Message Sidedness and Credibility on Healthy Eating to Prevent Cancer

Arora, Raj; Arora, Alisha

doi:10.1300/j396v27n03_03

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“…High levels of source credibility can increase the audience's confidence in their attitudes and facilitate later retrieval of information contained in the message (Brinol et al, 2004). These results are consistent with the finding that health experts are more effective than celebrities in encouraging preventive health care (Arora and Arora, 2006).…”

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Communicating with older people about positive mental health

Pettigrew

Donovan

Pescud

et al. 2012

Journal of Public Mental Health

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Purpose -In response to a call for greater attention to the mental health promotion needs of older people, this study aims to identify those aspects of mental health messages that may be particularly effective with older audiences.Design/methodology/approach -Individual interviews and focus groups were conducted with 111 Australians aged 40 years and older.Findings -A low level of knowledge relating to mental health issues and the confounding of mental health with mental illness resulted in participants stating a preference for health experts, government officials, and high-profile and ''everyday'' individuals who have successfully recovered from mental illness as spokespeople for mental health messages. A common theme was that spokespersons should have evident and extensive knowledge of .mental illness, either through qualifications, occupation, or personal experience.Originality/value -The findings demonstrate the highly negative connotations surrounding mental illness and the lack of familiarity with the concept of positive mental health. There is much scope to educate the public about the importance of staying mentally healthy and how this outcome may be achieved.

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Section: Ageing and Mental Healthsupporting

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Communicating with older people about positive mental health

Pettigrew

Donovan

Pescud

et al. 2012

Journal of Public Mental Health

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“…This could be problematic because hedging might enhance scientists’ trustworthiness while decreasing the believability of the research being reported. Past research has found that scientists’ trustworthiness and public perception of research recommendations are positively correlated (Arora & Arora, 2006); however, future work should continue to explore if and how these variables are related.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The purpose of the present study was to test whether hedging does affect news consumers (positively or negatively). On a practical level, scientists are justifiably concerned about how media portrayals of science affect their credibility and, by extension, public support for scientific research and funding (Hartz & Chappell, 1997) and public adherence to research recommendations (Arora & Arora, 2006). Some within the scientific community are so concerned that they have become wary of interacting with the press (Hartz & Chappell, 1997).…”

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Scientific Uncertainty in News Coverage of Cancer Research: Effects of Hedging on Scientists and Journalists Credibility

Jensen

2008

Human Communication Research

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News reports of scientific research are rarely hedged; in other words, the reports do not contain caveats, limitations, or other indicators of scientific uncertainty. Some have suggested that hedging may influence news consumers’ perceptions of scientists’ and journalists’ credibility (perceptions that may be related to support for scientific research and/or adoption of scientific recommendations). But whether hedging does affect audience perceptions is unknown. A multiple‐message experiment (N= 601) found that across five messages, both scientists and journalists were viewed as more trustworthy (a) when news coverage of cancer research was hedged (e.g., study limitations were reported) and (b) when the hedging was attributed to the scientists responsible for the research (as opposed to scientists unaffiliated with the research).

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“…Extant research has focused on the effects of either two-sided messages related to non-news materials or news pertaining to policies and non-health issues. For example, Arora and Arora (2006) examined the effects of two-sided health booklets and demonstrated that these non-news sources enhanced attitudes toward the advocated health behaviors. Jensen and Hurley (2012) explored responses to news articles with conflicting views about dioxin regulation and wolf reintroduction policies; when reading two articles with conflicting views as opposed to a single one-sided article, people expressed greater uncertainty.…”

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Men's and Women's Responses to Two-Sided Health News Coverage: A Moderated Mediation Model

Chang

2013

Journal of Health Communication

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This study explores how audiences respond to news coverage of food and nutrition topics when that coverage provides either 2-sided (positive and negative) information or 1-sided, unanimously positive information. A moderated mediation model helps clarify the different impacts of 2- and 1-sided news coverage and the psychological processes they elicit. Specifically, gender moderates the relative effects of 1- and 2-sided news stories; ambivalent feelings play a mediating role in the process. The findings confirm the model predictions: When reading 2-sided as opposed to 1-sided news, men experience more ambivalent feelings, less favorable attitudes toward the health issues, and lower intentions to adopt the advocated behaviors, whereas women do not exhibit such differences. Moreover, the ambivalent feelings mediate the interaction between gender and news presentation (i.e., 1- or 2-sided) on attitudes toward health issues and behavioral intentions to adopt advocated health behaviors.

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Effectiveness of Message Sidedness and Credibility on Healthy Eating to Prevent Cancer

Cited by 8 publications

References 26 publications

Communicating with older people about positive mental health

Communicating with older people about positive mental health

Scientific Uncertainty in News Coverage of Cancer Research: Effects of Hedging on Scientists and Journalists Credibility

Men's and Women's Responses to Two-Sided Health News Coverage: A Moderated Mediation Model

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