@article{ref1,
title="Impact of television news exposure on children's perceptions of violence in Northern Ireland",
journal="Journal of social psychology",
year="1990",
author="Cairns, Ed",
volume="130",
number="4",
pages="447-452",
abstract="The present study assessed the impact of television news exposure on Irish children's perceptions of the level of violence in their neighborhoods. Estimates from children (N = 570) of the local levels of violence in three areas (high-, low-, and no-violence) were subjected to a four-way analysis of variance (Area x Sex x Age x News Exposure) that showed a main effect for area and sex with respect to the high-violence area and boys. Two two-way interactions also reached statistical significance. The first suggested that the perception of lower levels of violence by girls was confined to the high- and low-violence areas. The second concerned the level of actual violence and the amount of reported news exposure. Only in the high-violence area were these two variables related: Accurate estimates of actual violence levels were associated with more frequent news exposure.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0022-4545",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}