TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2000//
TI  - The Credibility of Newspapers and Fear of Crime
JO  - Journal of applied social psychology
A1  - Koomen, Willem
A1  - Visser, Marjolein
A1  - Stapel, Diederik A.
SP  - 921
EP  - 934
VL  - 30
IS  - 5
N2  - 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 />
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SN  - 0021-9029
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1559-1816.2000.tb02503.x
ID  - ref1
ER  -