newhagen & reaves "news and buttons"

aim

investigate the effect of seeing 9-11 on TV immediately or hours after the attacks on fbm

method

quasi experiment, longitudinal

procedure

28 hours after attacks students did free recall of the event (thoughts, feelings, detail). sessions were transcribed by indp. researcher. students did another free recall 6 months after the event.

results

immediate viewing condition had more detailed and accurate account of 9-11 at 6 month free recall. no sig dif in first recall.

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