The Third-Person Effect in Communication

1983/01/01 by W. Phillips Davison · 1 voice · 16 citations
Physics and Astronomy · Psychology · #Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence #Team Dynamics and Performance #Communication in Education and Healthcare

paper · doi:10.1086/268763

Abstract

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• Some communication theory for election night 🧪 Do you think other people are more impacted by political media than you are? According to the Third-Person Effect, people tend to believe that media ha [bsky, 15 points, 1 comments]

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