Syntax, Semantics, and Sexual Violence

Henley, Nancy M.; Miller, Michelle; Beazley, Jo Anne

doi:10.1177/0261927x95141004

Cited by 108 publications

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“…Also, RMA has been studied in relation to linguistic aspects of writing and reading about rape [Bohner, 2001;Henley et al, 1995], and some researchers have examined the impact of RMA on processing styles in risk perception and judgments of own vulnerability Grayson and Schwarz, 1999].…”

Section: Rape Myths and Their Functionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

The acceptance of modern myths about sexual aggression scale: development and validation in German and English

Gerger

Kley

Bohner

et al. 2007

Aggressive Behavior

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Scales of rape myth acceptance (RMA) often yield low means and skewed distributions. This is proposed to be because of a change in rape-related beliefs toward more subtle content. Incorporating insights from racism and sexism research, a 30-item self-report scale measuring the acceptance of modern myths about sexual aggression (AMMSA) is presented. Across four studies (total N=1,279), the reliability and validity of parallel German and English versions of the AMMSA scale were examined. The results show that both language versions are highly reliable; compared with a traditional RMA scale, means of AMMSA scores are higher and their distributions more closely approximate normality. Cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses provide evidence for the AMMSA scale's concurrent and predictive construct validity.

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Section: Rape Myths and Their Functionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

The acceptance of modern myths about sexual aggression scale: development and validation in German and English

Gerger

Kley

Bohner

et al. 2007

Aggressive Behavior

247

368

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“…Research into newspaper headlines covers a range of theoretical and empirical topics including headline reading, interpretation and recall (Henley et al 1995), headline production (Bell 1991) and grammar of headlines (Mardh 1980), but there is little on the communicative and informative function of headlines.…”

Section: The Effect Of the Prominent Location Of Informationmentioning

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Opportunistic disclosure in press release headlines

Guillamón‐Saorín

Osma

Jones

2012

Accounting and Business Research

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This paper examines managerial, self-serving, disclosure practices in the headlines of press releases announcing annual results. Headlines are a framing feature that can be used to capture and retain attention with the ultimate intention of affecting the thoughts and feelings of readers, thus influencing their opinions. Therefore, headlines have a key role in a company's communication strategy. Using a large sample of Spanish listed companies for the years 2005 and 2006, we provide evidence of persistent impression management in press release headlines. Companies, irrespective of whether they perform well or badly, are inclined to stress good news and downplay bad news. Companies with very small profits report surprising amounts of good news. We provide evidence that companies are selective in the performance figures they include in the headlines of press releases. In particular, the disclosure of profits or sales figures in press release headlines is also associated with earnings performance. Finally, we find that larger firms are more likely to issue press releases than smaller ones, consistent with the theory that highly visible firms face a greater demand for information transparency.

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“…If confirmed by future studies, the temporal attribution bias seems to offer a parsimonious explanation for related phenomena, such as the tendency to blame the victims more for their fate when the event is described in passive form (with the victim appearing in the first position) rather than in the active form (with the perpetrator appearing in the first position, Bohner, 2001;Henley, Miller, & Beazley, 1995). However, it remains to be seen whether the temporal attribution bias is specific to SVO ordering or whether it generalizes to other phenomena such as active vs. passive form and binomials.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 69%