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De verklaring van verschillen in herinnering van televisienieuwsberichten door mannen en vrouwen

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  • Paul Hendriks Vettehen orcid logo
  • Niek Hietbrink
  • Karsten Renckstorf

Abstract

One of the most consistent findings of news research is that men on the average recall television news items better than women do. However, attempts to explain these remarkable findings have hardly been undertaken. In this article we start searching for possible explanations. In a laboratory setting we test the hypotheses that differences in prior knowledge and personal relevance between men and women account for differences in recall between the two groups. The findings show that only prior knowledge does have a mediating effect on recall.

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Hendriks Vettehen, P., Hietbrink, N. & Renckstorf, K., (1995) “De verklaring van verschillen in herinnering van televisienieuwsberichten door mannen en vrouwen”, Massacommunicatie : Wetenschappelijk Kwartaaltijdschrift voor Communicatie en Informatie 23(2), 96–113.

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1995-06-06

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