@article{ref1,
title="The Credibility of Newspapers and Fear of Crime",
journal="Journal of applied social psychology",
year="2000",
author="Koomen, Willem and Visser, Marjolein and Stapel, Diederik A.",
volume="30",
number="5",
pages="921-934",
abstract="It was hypothesized that the effect of a fear-arousing newspaper article about crime on fear of crime and concern about crime as a societal problem is dependent on source (newspaper) credibility. In an experimental study, participants were presented with an article on street robberies, ostensibly published in a more credible newspaper or in a less credible newspaper, whereas a control group did not read any article. As predicted, it was found that the article's effect on fear of robbery, fear of crime in general, and concern about robbery as a societal problem was fully dependent on source credibility. Further, women reported more fear of robbery and fear of crime in general than did men.<p />",
language="",
issn="0021-9029",
doi="10.1111/j.1559-1816.2000.tb02503.x",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1559-1816.2000.tb02503.x"
}