She May Have That Done: The Third-Person Effect in Plastic Surgery TV Programs


Date: January 1, 1970
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This study examines audiences’ perceived effects about plastic surgery television programs. First, the third-person effect is supported in this study. Second, the factor of social distance between self and others does not influence people’s perceived effects all by itself. The gender of the assumed targets is a stronger factor than social distance in affecting people’s perceived effects on others. Third, female respondents perceive a higher degree of the effects of plastic surgery television programs than male respondents do – the higher degree of perceived effects on self, the higher the degree of perceived effects on others. This indicates that people’s perceived media effects on others are rooted in their perceived effects on self.


Publisher: Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, The Renaissance, Washington, DC, Aug 08, 2007
Year of Publication: 2007

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