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George Lăzăroiu1, Aurel Pera2, Ramona O Ştefănescu-Mihăilă3
1Department of Social-Human Sciences, Spiru Haret UniversityBucharest, Romania.
Frontiers in Psychology
|July 26, 2017
Summary
Biased viewer perceptions can distort the informational validity of televised news. News routines may lead to inaccurate recollections by influencing attention to narrative details, impacting cognitive processing.
Area of Science:
- Media Psychology
- Cognitive Science
- Communication Studies
Background:
- Viewer perceptions of televised news can be biased, leading to inaccurate understanding.
- Evolving media landscapes and consumption routines alter how individuals engage with news.
- Psychological factors influence how news information is processed and retained.
Purpose of the Study:
- To review findings on how viewer biases affect the perceived informational validity of televised news.
- To examine the impact of news routines and media advancements on memory and perception.
- To explore the cognitive demands of processing televised news narratives.
Main Methods:
- Literature review synthesizing research from Fiske and Hartley (2010), Zelizer (2010), and Gunter (2015).
- Analysis of how linguistic configurations and symbol systems influence information handling.
- Examination of the cognitive processing of complex news formats.
Main Results:
- Biased perceptions can lead to distorted recollections of news events.
- Changes in media and consumption habits affect psychological engagement with news.
- Effective news storytelling requires clear linguistic styles that connect with prior knowledge.
Conclusions:
- Televised news presents a cognitively demanding task due to its complex and novel information.
- Viewer's ability to process news is influenced by their skills with symbolic systems.
- News narratives must be crafted to minimize processing demands and enhance engagement for greater edification.
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