Mediating the cultivation of fear through media literacy education

Author

Catherine N. Collins, Saint Vincent College
Kristine L. Slank, Saint Vincent College

Periodical Title

Modern Psychological Studies

Volume

12

Number

2

Page Numbers

pages 52-59

Department

Dept. of Psychology

Publisher

University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Place of Publication

Chattanooga (Tenn.)

Date

2007

Abstract

College students (N = 110) received a media literacy intervention based on critical thinking or they received no intervention. Students were also classified as low or high television viewers based on responses to a Television Use Survey. Fear was measured with a Safety Survey and analyzed with a 2 Intervention x 2 Television Viewing ANOVA. Fear was expected to be lower in the intervention and low television viewing groups than in the no intervention and high television viewing groups. However, no results were significant.

Subject

Psychology

Discipline

Psychology

Document Type

article

DCMI Type

Text

Extent

8 leaves

Language

English

Call Number

BF1 .M63 v. 12 no. 2 2007

Rights

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Recommended Citation

Collins, Catherine N. and Slank, Kristine L. (2007) "Mediating the cultivation of fear through media literacy education," Modern Psychological Studies: Vol. 12: No. 2, Article 6.
Available at: https://scholar.utc.edu/mps/vol12/iss2/6