Perceived Impact of Defamation: An Experiment on Third-Person Effects

Cohen, Jeremy M.; Mutz, Diana C.; Price, Vincent; Günther, Albert C. L. G.

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“…Only a small number of studies have investigated the accuracy issue, and none have used a methodology akin to the method we have proposed in this paper (see Cohen et al, 1988;Gunther, 1991;Gunther & Thorson, 1992). To illustrate the method used in previous studies, Gunther (1991) presented an experimental group with a negative newspaper article Underestimating media influence on the self 7 about an American police chief.…”

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“…To assess the accuracy of perceived attitude change for the self and others, Gunther compared the rated degree of attitude change to the index of actual attitude change. Other studies examining the accuracy issue (Cohen et al, 1988;Gunther & Thorson, 1992) used a very similar method to Gunther (1991), comparing an index of perceived attitude change with a different index of actual attitude change. Cohen et al (1988) also did not report anchor points.…”

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“…Other studies examining the accuracy issue (Cohen et al, 1988;Gunther & Thorson, 1992) used a very similar method to Gunther (1991), comparing an index of perceived attitude change with a different index of actual attitude change. Cohen et al (1988) also did not report anchor points. However, Gunther and Thorson (1992) indicated that pre-test attitude measures were seven-point scales anchored by descriptive terms including "good/bad, dislike/like, and positive/negative" (p.…”

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“…The psychological meaning of the arithmetic discrepancy between these indices of perceived and actual attitude change is therefore unclear. It is interesting to note that this method has produced different findings across studies: Gunther (1991;Gunther & Thorson, 1992) Underestimating media influence on the self 8 reported that perceived self ratings were closer to actual attitude change, whereas Cohen et al (1988) reported that perceived other ratings were closer to actual attitude change.…”

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“…This enabled us to identify whether participants' perceptions of others were accurate with confidence. This strategy has been successfully applied to other self-serving biases (e.g., Krueger & Dunning, 1999), and contrasts with other studies that have asked participants to compare themselves to broader, more remote groups such as 'other university students' for which no properly sampled empirical norm is available (e.g., Cohen et al, 1988, Gunther, 1991Gunther & Thorson, 1992).…”

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The third-person effect is the tendency for people to perceive the media as more influential on others than on themselves. The present study introduced a new methodological paradigm for measuring the TPE and examined whether the effect stems from an overestimation of the persuasibility of others, an underestimation of the persuasibility of the self, both, or neither.In three studies, we compared ratings of (a) current self attitudes (both baseline and postpersuasion), (b) current others' attitudes (both baseline and post-persuasion), (c), retrospective self attitudes, and (d) retrospective others' attitudes. We also measured traditional thirdperson perception ratings of perceived influence. Rather than overestimating others' attitude change, we found evidence that people underestimated the extent to which their own attitudes had, or would have changed.Underestimating media influence on the self 3 Right about others, wrong about ourselves? Actual and perceived self-other differences in resistance to persuasionThe third-person effect or TPE (Davison, 1983) is the tendency for people to believe that socially undesirable media messages influence others more than themselves. Much research documents the TPE in a variety of domains including politics and news (e.g., Duck, Hogg

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The optimal impact phenomenon: beyond the third person effect

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1996

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Perceived self–other differences in persuasibility: The effects of interpersonal and group-based similarity

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1998

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Two experiments examined the effects of interpersonal and group‐based similarity on perceived self–other differences in persuasibility (i.e. on third‐person effects, Davison, 1983). Results of Experiment 1 (N=121), based on experimentally‐created groups, indicated that third‐person perceptions with respect to the impact of televised product ads were accentuated when the comparison was made with interpersonally different others. Contrary to predictions, third‐person perceptions were not affected by group‐based similarity (i.e. ingroup or outgroup other). Results of Experiment 2 (N=102), based on an enduring social identity, indicated that both interpersonal and group‐based similarity moderated perceptions of the impact on self and other of least‐liked product ads. Overall, third‐person effects were more pronounced with respect to interpersonally dissimilar others. However, when social identity was salient, information about interpersonal similarity of the target did not affect perceived self–other differences with respect to ingroup targets. Results also highlighted significant differences in third‐person perceptions according to the perceiver's affective evaluation of the persuasive message. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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Perceived Impact of Defamation: An Experiment on Third-Person Effects

Cited by 234 publications

References 3 publications

Right about others, wrong about ourselves? Actual and perceived self‐other differences in resistance to persuasion

Right about others, wrong about ourselves? Actual and perceived self‐other differences in resistance to persuasion

The optimal impact phenomenon: beyond the third person effect

Perceived self–other differences in persuasibility: The effects of interpersonal and group-based similarity

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