The third-person effect is a tendency which people perceive that the harmful impacts of media will be greater on others than themselves. A sample of 447 students from middle school, high school and university was recruited to examine whether the third-person perceptions exist among adolescents, and whether they are influenced by age and social distance. The results indicated that all ages believed that ads have greater negative impacts on others than on themselves, and perceived ads as most influential on pupils, less on same ages, and old people least; the range of the third-person perception didn’t increase with age. These findings suggest that expertise or social experience rather than age may play a decisive part in perceiving the difference between the self and others.
中文關鍵詞
第三人效果認知;社會距離;年齡;參照群體
英文關鍵詞
The third-person perception; Social distance; age; reference group