Melodramatic animation in crime news and news information learning

Benjamin K L Cheng; Wai Han Lo

doi:10.1177/1464884918776747

Melodramatic animation in crime news and news information learning

Benjamin K L Cheng^*
, Wai Han Lo

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

This study used the dual-coding hypothesis to examine how melodramatic animation in crime news reports affects news learning among older children in Hong Kong. In total, 74 older children (mean age = 15.3) were exposed to news videos that either did or did not include melodramatic animation. The results showed that melodramatic animation helped the participants learn the news. The social implications of the results are discussed.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	537-552
Number of pages	16
Journal	Journalism
Volume	22
Issue number	2
Early online date	30 May 2018
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/1464884918776747
Publication status	Published - 1 Feb 2021

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SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

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