Investigating the relationship between exposure to television programs that depict paranormal phenomena and beliefs in the paranormal

Sparks, Glenn G.; Miller, Will

doi:10.1080/03637750128053

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“…To date, only a few studies have directly examined media effects on religious beliefs and behaviors, and most of those were indeterminate (Buddenbaum, 1996). Though not focused on religion, one study did find television reinforces the belief in the paranormal, contingent upon the subject's previously having a personal experience of the paranormal (Sparks & Miller, 2001). The impact of television upon people's perception of Christianity has not been fully explored, nor is there reason to believe the impact has concluded.…”

Section: Television's New Perspectivementioning

confidence: 99%

The Framing of Fundamentalist Christians: Network Television News, 1980-2000

Kerr¹

2003

Journal of Media and Religion

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Section: Television's New Perspectivementioning

confidence: 99%

The Framing of Fundamentalist Christians: Network Television News, 1980-2000

Kerr¹

2003

Journal of Media and Religion

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“…While cultivation theory has been used to investigate a diverse range of topics, from perceptions of violence (Gerbner & Gross, 1976;Goidel, Freeman, & Procopio, 2006), to perceptions of romance (Eggermont, 2004;Segrin & Nabi, 2002), to perceptions of the paranormal (Sparks & Miller, 2001;Sparks, Nelson, & Campbell, 1997), studies that focus on the cultivation of environmental perceptions are relatively few.…”

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Diversity of Television Exposure and its Association with the Cultivation of Concern for Environmental Risks

Dahlstrom¹,

Scheufele

2010

Environmental Communication

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“…An initial study done in 1994 by Sparks, Nelson, and Campbell reported that paranormal beliefs are prevalent in the population and that they are related to reports of TV exposure to programs that regularly depict paranormal phenomena. A second study done in the same geographic area several years later found that the relationship between TV viewing and paranormal beliefs was contingent upon prior personal experience with a paranormal event (Sparks and Miller 2001). These fi ndings refl ect similar observations made by folklorists concerning the relationship between narrative tradition and paranormal belief that suggests that knowledge of a preexisting narrative tradition does not lead to the assumption of supernatural conclusions (Hufford 1982a).…”

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