TV News - The Daily Horror?: Emotional Effects of Violent Television News

Journal of Media Psychology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 141-155

  Unz, Dagmar ^a   Schwab, Frank ^a   Winterhoff Spurk, Peter ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

emotional responses; motivation; news media; television viewing; violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 67651234130     PISSN: 18641105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1864-1105.20.4.141     Document Type: Article

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