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Stay Tuned: Effects of Tabloid TV News Content and Structural Features on Viewer Processing, Memory, and Channel Changing Behavior in Young Adults
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In an attempt to increase viewership among young adults, many television news programs emphasize sensational news content and sometimes add tabloid-style structural features to news reports. But viewer evaluations from previous research suggest news viewers do not prefer tabloid style TV news, based on responses to questions such as how enjoyable, believable, and informative the stories were. However, the data were self-reported and thus there may have been a normative bias in the responses. Further, those studies were conducted with older viewers, so the results may not generalize to the younger viewers so highly sought after by news executives, as studies have found some differences in the way older and younger viewers process and remember television news messages. This study investigates the effects of sensational television news story content and tabloid style presentation features on attention, arousal, recognition memory, self-report evaluations and channel changing behavior for young adult viewers. The study also examines processing, memory, and behavioral differences based on the sensation seeking personality variable, differences in motivational types, and gender.
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Fox, Julia., Park, Byungho., Grabe, Maria. and Lee, Sungkyoung. "Stay Tuned: Effects of Tabloid TV News Content and Structural Features on Viewer Processing, Memory, and Channel Changing Behavior in Young Adults" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Communication Association, Sheraton New York, New York City, NY, Online <PDF>. 2008-09-05 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p14125_index.html>

Fox, J. , Park, B. , Grabe, M. E. and Lee, S. "Stay Tuned: Effects of Tabloid TV News Content and Structural Features on Viewer Processing, Memory, and Channel Changing Behavior in Young Adults" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Communication Association, Sheraton New York, New York City, NY Online <PDF> Retrieved 2008-09-05 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p14125_index.html

Publication Type: Extended Abstract Abstract: In an attempt to increase viewership among young adults, many television news programs emphasize sensational news content and sometimes add tabloid-style structural features to news reports. But viewer evaluations from previous research suggest news viewers do not prefer tabloid style TV news, based on responses to questions such as how enjoyable, believable, and informative the stories were. However, the data were self-reported and thus there may have been a normative bias in the responses. Further, those studies were conducted with older viewers, so the results may not generalize to the younger viewers so highly sought after by news executives, as studies have found some differences in the way older and younger viewers process and remember television news messages. This study investigates the effects of sensational television news story content and tabloid style presentation features on attention, arousal, recognition memory, self-report evaluations and channel changing behavior for young adult viewers. The study also examines processing, memory, and behavioral differences based on the sensation seeking personality variable, differences in motivational types, and gender.

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