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Krantenberichtgeving over verkrachting en angstgevoelens voor criminaliteit: een experimenteel effectonderzoek

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Abstract

One of the important functions of the mass media is to provide the public with information about crime. This article starts from the assumption that the relation between exposure to mass media reports on crime and fear of crime among the public is a complex one. In both theoretical and empirical analyses references are encountered to heightened fear, decreased fear and to ’zero-effects*. The experimental results reported here confirm the notion that all three types of effects may occur simultaneously and yet be consistent. Results underscore the old mass communication law which states that exposure may have an effect under one condition and another, possibly opposed effect under a different condition. Multi-dimensional stimulus similarity is supposed to be of crucial concern here.

How to Cite:

Winkel, F. & Vrij, A., (1988) “Krantenberichtgeving over verkrachting en angstgevoelens voor criminaliteit: een experimenteel effectonderzoek”, Massacommunicatie : Wetenschappelijk Kwartaaltijdschrift voor Communicatie en Informatie 16(4), 267–284.