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| Author: | Bulck, J. van den |
| Title: | Research note: The relationship between television fiction and fear of crime: An empirical comparison of three causal explanations |
| Journal: | European Journal of Communication
2004 : JUN, VOL. 19:2, p. 239-248 |
| Index terms: | Broadcasting industry Society Crime Models |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | Three hypotheses, that is, the cultivation hypothesis (hereafter as: hyp.), the mood management hyp., and the withdrawal hyp. regarding the relationship btw. television viewing and fear of crime exist. This article compares these three models and a null model using structural equation models. Data from a representative sample of 909 respondents from Flanders, Belgium, offer support for the cultivation hyp., which offers a better explanation than the null model, but do not support either of the other hyp. In the model, direct experience of crime was not related to fear, while television viewing was. |
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