Behind the Third-Person Effect: Differentiating Perceptual Processes for Self and Other

By Douglas M. McLeod, B. Detenber, William P. Eveland. 2001

207 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Communication, Literature and Literary Theory, Sociology and Political Science

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In Communication

1. William P. Eveland, Jr.
2. Bryant Paul
3. Hee Sun Park
4. Amy I. Nathanson
5. Peter Nikken
6. K. Mendoza
7. Liang Chen
8. Jeroen Jansz

In Literature and Literary Theory

1. Anita G. Day
2. Guy J. Golan
3. Bryant Paul
4. Amy I. Nathanson
5. Steve Oakes

In Sociology and Political Science

1. William P. Eveland, Jr.
2. Hee Sun Park
3. Bryant Paul
4. Adrian C. North
5. Amy I. Nathanson
6. K. Mendoza
7. Liang Chen
8. Jingyuan Shi

Citations in the corpus

• Musical influences in advertising: how music modifies first impressions of product endorsers and brands (2006, background): “Not to be mentioned are possible reactance effects or the so-called ‘third-person effect’ (Davison, 1983; McLeod et al., 2001).”
• Sharing of fake news on social media: Application of the honeycomb framework and the third-person effect hypothesis (2020, unknown): “The social distance corollary is another widely discussed aspect of TPE (Cohen et al., 1988; McLeod et al., 2001).”
• Lifestyle correlates of musical preference: 1. Relationships, living arrangements, beliefs, and crime (2007, background): “McLeod et al. (2001) found that participants who listened to ‘problem’ music lyrics did not support their censorship, whereas participants with conservative attitudes were most likely to support censorship.”
• Perceived Media Influence and Efficacy as Predictors of Caregivers' Protective Behaviors (2002, background): “Because some other research indicates that estimates of perceived effects depend on estimates of perceived exposure to the content in question (Eveland et al., 1999; McLeod et al., 2001), respondents were asked to assume that both their own child and other children view the target content for about ”
• The First-Person Effect and Its Behavioral Consequences: A New Trend in the Twenty-Five Year History of Third-Person Effect Research (2008, background): “Although the conceptual component is often explained by optimistic bias and ego enhancement, the behavioral component is often accounted for with such constructs as paternalism theory (McLeod et al., 1997) and the theory of protection motivation (Nathanson, Eveland, Park, & Paul, 2002). Generally, t”