Teens' Attention to Crime and Emergency Programs on Television as a Predictor and Mediator of Increased Risk Perceptions Regarding Alcohol-Related Injuries
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This study examined the hypotheses that media exposure and attention would predict, and partially mediate, the effects of various individual-difference variables on alcohol-related risk perceptions among teen viewers of crime and emergency (e.g., medical drama) shows on television. Risk perceptions including perceived severity, perceived alcohol-attributable fraction of incidents involving alcohol, controllability, and concern regarding alcohol-related crime, assaults, and other injuries were the outcome measures. Attention to crime and emergency shows was predictive of increased concern and other risk perceptions regarding alcohol-related incidents. Attention also partially mediated the effects of demographic and other individual difference variables on adolescents' risk perceptions regarding alcohol-related injuries. The findings (a) suggest emergency and medical drama television narratives can at times have incidental positive impacts on health-related attitudes and (b) provide further evidence regarding the endogenous nature of media use variables in influencing such attitudes.
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A number of studies have shown that media use could influence perceived knowledge and intentions within the context of health.
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- Authors
- Slater, M. D., & Jain, P.
- Affiliations
- The Ohio State University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Jain, Parul
- ORCID
- Slater, Michael D.
- Venue
- Health Communication
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2011-01-31
- Volume
- 26
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 94-103
- ISSN
- 1041-0236 (ISSN-L)
- 1532-7027
- PMC
- PMC3045822
- OpenAlex
- W1987534655
- Cited by
- 21
- References
- 1
- Citations by year
- 2023: 2 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 2 · 2017: 1 · 2016: 3 · 2014: 4 · 2013: 2 · 2012: 2
- FWCI
- 49.58
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- Health Communication (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (R01AA010377, AA10377)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Literature and Literary Theory › Media Influence and Health
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
- Social Sciences › Communication › Media Studies and Communication
- Keywords
- media attention, crime television, medical drama, adolescents, alcohol-related injuries, risk perception, perceived severity, perceived controllability, alcohol-attributable fraction, alcohol-related crime, alcohol-related assault, health attitudes, individual differences
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Adolescent Behavior, Alcohol Drinking, Attitude to Health, Crime, Emergency Medical Services, Female, Humans, Interviews as Topic, Male, Persuasive Communication, Risk, Social Perception, Television, Wounds and Injuries
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