Abstract
From which news medium can audiences acquire information best? To what extent does the news source affect receivers’ feelings of knowing? Will the effect of a news source on confidence in knowledge, if any, stay over time?
Exposure to either print or electronic news media is a daily habit for an average person in today’s world. Computerized news transmitted via networks and online services led to more diversification in news presentations. Such diversity inspired many scholars to investigate the comparative effectiveness of news media on memory processes. The study reported here examines the effect of exposure to different news media on the variance in subjects’ levels of recall immediately after exposure and two hours later. The three media used in the experiment are television, newspapers, and computer. Special attention to subjects’ metamemory, or their awareness of what they have learned is also given in this paper. Metamemory is tested immediately after exposure, and two hours later.
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Recommended Citation
Mesbah, Hesham M.
(2005)
"Reading is Remembering: The Effect of Reading vs. Watching News on Memory and Metamemory,"
Speaker & Gavel: Vol. 42:
Iss.
1, Article 6.
Available at:
https://cornerstone.lib.mnsu.edu/speaker-gavel/vol42/iss1/6