Readers' Mood Affects News Information Processing

Bu Zhong

doi:10.1177/073953291103200305

Readers' Mood Affects News Information Processing

Bu Zhong

Department of Interactive Media

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This study investigates the impact of three moods-happy, sad or neutral-on the way readers process news. Happy individuals recognize more global or general news but less local or detailed information than do those in a sad or neutral mood.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	52-65
Number of pages	14
Journal	Newspaper Research Journal
Volume	32
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/073953291103200305
Publication status	Published - 1 Jun 2011

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