Measuring psychological responses to media messages
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Measuring psychological responses to media messages
(LEA's communication series)
L. Erlbaum Associates, 1994
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ST:Measuring psychological responses to media
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Contents of Works
- Think-aloud and thought-list procedures in investigating mental processes / Michael A. Shapiro
- Continuous response measurement (CRM) / Frank Biocca, Prabu David, and Mark West
- Using eyes on screen as a measure of attention to television / Esther Thorson
- Secondary reaction-time measures / Michael D. Basil
- What can the heart tell us about thinking? / Annie Lang
- Electrodermal measurement / Robert Hopkins and James E. Fletcher
- Signal detection measures of recognition memory / Michael A. Shapiro
- The time needed to answer : measurement of memory response latency / Glen T. Cameron and David A. Frieske
- Designing experiments that assess psychological responses to media messages / Bryon Reeves and Seth Geiger
- Detection and modeling of time-sequenced processes / James H. Watt
- Measuring children's cognitive processing of television / Elizabeth Pugzles Lorch
- Comments on setting up a laboratory / Annie Lang
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Characterized by its multi-level interdisciplinary character, communication has become a variable field -- one in which the level of analysis varies. This has had important ramifications for the study of communication because, to some extent, the questions one asks are determined by the methods one has available to answer them. As a result, communication research is characterized by the plethora of both qualitative and quantitative approaches used by its practitioners. These include survey and experimental methods, and content, historical, and rhetorical analyses.
A variety of tools has been developed in cognitive psychology and psychophysiology which attempts to measure "thinking" without asking people how they do it. This book is devoted to exploring how these methods might be used to further knowledge about the process of communication. The methods chosen have all been used extensively in cognitive and experimental psychology. Each chapter in this book is designed to describe the history of the method being introduced, the theory behind it, how to go about using it, and how it has already been used to study some area of communication. The methods introduced here vary widely in terms of the amount of equipment and training needed to use them. Some require only theoretical knowledge and a paper and pencil; others require more elaborate hardware and software for implementation. These methods also vary widely in terms of what sorts of variables they can be used to measure. Some of them adapt quite readily to traditional communication variables like persuasion, attitude change, and knowledge; others are more applicable to process type variables such as attention, arousal, involvement, encoding, and retrieval.
Table of Contents
Contents: Preface. M.A. Shapiro, Think-Aloud and Thought-List Procedures in Investigating Mental Processes. F. Biocca, P. David, M. West, Continuous Response Measurement (CRM): A Computerized Tool for Research on the Cognitive Processing of Communication Messages. E. Thorson, Using Eyes on Screen as a Measure of Attention to Television. M.D. Basil, Secondary Reaction-Time Measures. A. Lang, What Can the Heart Tell Us About Thinking? R. Hopkins, J.E. Fletcher, Electrodermal Measurement: Particularly Effective for Forecasting Message Influence on Sales Appeal. M.A. Shapiro, Signal Detection Measures of Recognition Memory. G.T. Cameron, D.A. Frieske, The Time Needed to Answer: Measurement of Memory Response Latency. B. Reeves, S. Geiger, Designing Experiments That Assess Psychological Responses to Media Messages. J.H. Watt, Detection and Modeling of Time-Sequenced Processes. E.P. Lorch, Measuring Children's Cognitive Processing of Television. A. Lang, Comments on Setting up a Laboratory.
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