Effects of Personality Types on the Use of Television Genre

Shim, Jae Woong; Paul, Bryant

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“…Previous research supports these findings for general television exposure (e.g., Finn, 1997;Hall, 2005). However, this finding contradicts the recent findings of Shim and Paul (2007), which showed that high extroverts were more likely to pay attention to reality programs than low extroverts. The difference in findings could relate to differences in measurements.…”

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“…Thus, to the extent that watching reality television is a social activity, we might expect extroverts to be attracted to it. In fact, a recent study by Shim and Paul (2007) showed that extroversion was positively correlated with attention to reality television viewing. Their explanation was that reality shows have a realistic feel and look, as well as unpredictability, and both of these characteristics provide extroverts ''with a stronger sense of 'being' in the real world'' (Shim & Paul, 2007, p. 300).…”

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“…Similarly, in characterizing the findings of her study, Hall (2005) concluded that the ''pattern of findings of this study suggests that the roles that audience members' personalities play in shaping media use patterns may be played out in the context of specific gratifications that media texts are perceived to offer'' (p. 396). Shim and Paul (2007) also commented on the rather small effect size of the personality variables on genre selection; they argued that examining intervening variables in this process might increase the amount of variance that researchers can explain in television selection.…”

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“…Thus, if reality television is perceived by viewers as relaxing or an escape from daily life, those who are high on neuroticism might choose to view it. Also, because loneliness is a characteristic of neuroticism, neurotics might be attracted to reality television because it serves as a preferred substitute for direct relations with others (Shim & Paul, 2007). Thus, we pose the following research question: RQ1: Will neuroticism be associated with exposure to reality television?…”

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Investigating Personality and Viewing-Motivation Correlates of Reality Television Exposure

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Communication Quarterly

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“…Two studies do link neuroticism to attention to media. Shim and Paul found "neuroticism was positively associated with attention to all genres assessed"--news, soap operas, reality shows, talk shows and crime dramas [21]. Weaver found that male college students scoring high on neuroticism expressed a strong preference for "information/news television programs" over comedy or action-adventure offerings [22].…”

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A Challenging Empirical Question: What are the Effects of Media On Psychogenic Illness during a Community Crisis?

Kaplan-Liss¹

2012

J Community Med Health Edu

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Psychogenic illnesses during disaster scan cripple emergency healthcare services. Almost all research into this phenomenon has been retrospective and observational, and much of it suggests that media coverage can amplify psychogenic outbreaks. But there is little empirical evidence that this is true or that, conversely, media reports can mitigate psychogenic symptoms. In their work experimentally inducing psychogenic illness, the authors became sharply aware that it is difficult to experimentally mimic real-time media coverage. Yet clarifying media's effects on psychogenic illness is important if we want to prevent psychological disturbance. To meet this challenge, the authors advocate the funding and development of research protocols in advance of public emergencies, ready to be implemented in realtime. Coupled with digital media, which can track the reading and viewing behavior of millions of people, this approach can help us better understand media's impact on public health during an emergency, for better or for worse. Keywords: Disaster; Mass media; Social medicine; Psychosomatic disorders Psychogenic illness can emerge during unremarkable community events as well as public health disasters. When outbreaks occur, individuals experience symptoms that have no discernible physical cause but that spread as if contagious [1][2][3][4]. Even with minor events, such outbreaks can overburden health services, as medical personnel deal with symptoms and look for organic illness. Worse yet, when outbreaks occur in tandem with a disaster, whether natural or manmade, they can cripple emergency healthcare services, preventing care from being effectively delivered to those in most need. For instance, in 1995, when terrorists released sarin nerve gas in the subways of Tokyo, about 85 percent of the 5,500 people who sought care in hospitals had no actual exposure, but many exhibited symptoms [5].Almost all research into this phenomenon has been observational and anecdotal, and much of it has suggested that media coverage can amplify psychogenic outbreaks. To allow more rigorous investigation, our laboratory has been conducting research to create an experimental analogue. We recently completed experiments to induce psychogenic illness and included media exposure as one of the conditions [6]. Although we were able to demonstrate the social contagion aspect of psychogenic illness, we found no effect due to media exposure. We are aware, however, that the media exposure we used, watching a documentary film, did not fully reflect the real-world experiences of news consumers during a public health emergency. As we wrestled with our study design, we came to realize that creating an experimental condition that mimics real-time media coverage during an emergency is a true challenge. Yet it is important to clarify media's effects on induction of stress and psychogenic illness, so we can understand and learn to mitigate significant psychological disturbance.Many observational studies and commentaries on the consequences of media ...

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Big Five Personality Traits and Media Use

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2020

The International Encyclopedia of Media Psychology

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The Big Five personality model is a typology of five broad‐based traits that have been argued to comprehensively represent the most fundamental dimensions of human personality. The traits are extraversion, neuroticism, agreeableness, conscientiousness, and openness to experience. Theoretical approaches to media selection such as uses and gratifications theory and mood management theory suggest that personality characteristics such as those in the Big Five model affect media use indirectly. They shape the strength of needs or desires that potential media users seek to gratify, and thus affect the kind of media that are selected. Research has found the Big Five personality dimensions to have modest but significant associations with specific types of media use. However, these associations tend to be modest in size and have often been found to vary across studies and within samples of research participants. The overall pattern of research results, therefore, indicates that the broad‐based personality dimensions of the Big Five may help predict differences across individuals in how they use media. However, these relationships are likely to be part of complex and multistep processes that are shaped by the media user's social and cultural context.

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Effects of Personality Types on the Use of Television Genre

Cited by 36 publications

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Investigating Personality and Viewing-Motivation Correlates of Reality Television Exposure

Investigating Personality and Viewing-Motivation Correlates of Reality Television Exposure

A Challenging Empirical Question: What are the Effects of Media On Psychogenic Illness during a Community Crisis?

Big Five Personality Traits and Media Use

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