Abstract
An experiment with 187 college students was conducted to investigate the influence of melodramatic animation on the perceived credibility of crime-related news reporting, and the role of presence in mediating this influence. The results of a path analysis showed that presence positively predicts the perceived credibility of a news report. However, the effects of melodramatic animation on viewers’ experience of presence were found to vary. Practical and ethical issues relating to the use of melodramatic animation in news reports are discussed.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 787-805 |
Number of pages | 19 |
Journal | Journalism Studies |
Volume | 18 |
Issue number | 6 |
Early online date | 1 Oct 2015 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Jun 2017 |
Scopus Subject Areas
- Communication
User-Defined Keywords
- animated news
- Apple Action News
- credibility
- experiment
- path analysis
- presence