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The Third Person Effect: A Critical Review and Synthesis
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This paper reviews research on the third-person effect--the perception that communications exert a stronger effect on others than on oneself It is concluded that the third-person effect is a reliable and persistent phenomenon that emerges across variations in question order, format, and wording. The effect is also more situationally specific than originally believed, as illustrated by evidence of first-person effects in response to socially desirable messages. Self-enhancement biases, although not the only processes that underlie the effect, provide a parsimonious explanation of message-desirability recruits. Other delimiting conditions such as social distance are critically reviewed, evidence for behavioral effects is discussed, and methodological shortcomings are noted. Six directions for research are articulated.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Perloff, R. M.
- Venue
- Media Psychology
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 1999-12
- Volume
- 1
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 353-378
- ISSN
- 1521-3269 (ISSN-L)
- 1532-785X
- OpenAlex
- W2036059070
- Cited by
- 403
- References
- 47
- FWCI
- 73.17
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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