The Growth and Decline of Research on the Diffusion of the News, 1945-1985

Fleur, Melvin L. De

doi:10.1177/009365087014001006

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“…In some cases, interpersonal networks have been shown to be important, while in others they played little, if any, role. The nature of the news event, the time and day on which the event occurs, and social-demographic factors such as age, religion, and social class have all been shown to influence the importance interpersonal networks play in the news diffusion process (DeFleur, 1987).…”

Section: Past Research Into Information Diffusionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Tsunami Warning Dissemination in Mauritius

Perry¹

2007

Journal of Applied Communication Research

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Post-disaster communication surveys are important in order to improve future disaster warning efficiency. Mauritius, a small island nation in the western Indian Ocean, was in the path of the tsunami of December 2004 but experienced only minimal wave impact. This is fortunate because the results of this survey show very slow warning dissemination through the population. Television and radio were equally effective in disseminating the initial warning information, but television far exceeded radio's reach as regards mass awareness and information seeking in the hours after the danger had passed. The interpersonal communication of warning information was minimal, and the warning messages provided insufficient and, it seems, inaccurate information.

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Section: Past Research Into Information Diffusionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Tsunami Warning Dissemination in Mauritius

Perry¹

2007

Journal of Applied Communication Research

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“…However, people often talk to each other about topics of personal interest (DeFleur, 1987;Rogers, 2000), and there is some evidence to suggest that this is the case with the discussion of music and music preferences, too (Rentfrow & Gosling, 2006).…”

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“…Scholars have found that people tend to discuss things in which they are interested, including media content that they consider personally relevant and important (DeFleur, 1987;Kubey & Peluso, 1990). In a recent study of music-related discussion, Sun, Youn, and Kutaraporn (2006) found that involvement with music was positively and significantly correlated with online chatting.…”

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“…However, many researchers define peers as friends (Connolly & Johnson, 1996), and refer to peer group size as the number of friends a person has (Brewer & Webster, 1999). People must have opportunities for social contact to participate in information diffusion and conversations about media fare (DeFleur, 1987). Some people have more opportunities than others to hold conversations about media simply because they have larger social circles.…”

Section: Peer Group Sizementioning

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The Role of Background Characteristics, Music-Listening Motives, and Music Selection on Music Discussion

Belcher

Haridakis

2013

Communication Quarterly

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People listen to music for many different reasons. However, few researchers have examined people's motives for listening to music and the potential social effects of music listening. This study addressed this gap in the communication literature, and employed a uses-and-gratifications theoretical framework. Exploratory factor analyses were used to identify 5 music-listening motives and 7 music genre preferences. In addition, hierarchical regression analysis revealed how antecedents predicted music discussion with others. Possible theoretical implications for both uses-and-gratifications and two-step flow theory were discussed.People talk about music-a fact to which veterans of company mixers, impromptu soirees, and awkward first dates will attest. However, music discussion is not limited to uncomfortable first encounters or small talk associated with social functions. Our daily conversations with friends, family, and coworkers also are rife with talk of favorite bands and musicians, concert experiences, and music competition shows. However, despite the ubiquity of music-related conversation, few communication scholars have focused serious effort on studying music listening or music listeners' discussion of music with others (Chaffee, 1985).

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“…However, there seem to be fewer class-based barriers for social interaction about public issues, especially those involving dramatic events. For example, there were instantaneous cross-class interactions in the aftermath of the J. F. Kennedy assassination and other major tragedies (DeFleur, 1987;Rosengren, 1973).…”

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Public Issue Priority Formation: Media Agenda-Setting and Social Interaction

Zhu

Watt

Snyder

et al. 1993

Journal of Communication

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A mathematical model was developed to explain the public's issue priority by integrating two processes: media agenda-setting and social interaction. The media agenda-setting component of the model, based in part on cognition theory, states that memories f o r media coverage decline over time for each individual. Both components are discussed i n terms of their ability to sustain the priority among people who previously agreed with the importance of the issue, and to recruit others to that issueposition. The model was tested using two independently collected time series data sets covering six issues. The results support the hypothesis that thepublic's issuepriority was influenced by both media and social interaction.

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The Growth and Decline of Research on the Diffusion of the News, 1945-1985

Cited by 40 publications

References 28 publications

Tsunami Warning Dissemination in Mauritius

Tsunami Warning Dissemination in Mauritius

The Role of Background Characteristics, Music-Listening Motives, and Music Selection on Music Discussion

Public Issue Priority Formation: Media Agenda-Setting and Social Interaction

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