tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4280685660918852895.post3917534483508971232..comments2023-10-05T06:13:48.018-07:00Comments on Media Studies 102: Effects of Mass Media: Me, You, and a Bunch of AssumptionsAlenda Changhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12808749949370769131noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4280685660918852895.post-43800882528039954572012-10-05T21:24:02.597-07:002012-10-05T21:24:02.597-07:00This is an interesting example because it plays on...This is an interesting example because it plays on important in-person cues and the power of crowd suggestion. I actually wonder whether or not we can call this the third-person effect, at least in the strict sense of the term, since mass communications are not involved as an intermediary (I wondered this, too, when reading Chris's thought experiment about drivers). It certainly is a third-person effect in the general sense of reacting based off of cues provided by others, but is this media or is this theater? Does third-person effect only exist when we are <b>not</b> face-to-face, because it is then easier to overestimate effects? Things to ponder.Alenda Changhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12808749949370769131noreply@blogger.com