The Third-Person Effect Refers to The

question 70

Multiple Choice

The third-person effect refers to the:

• A) three elements in a source-message-target communication chain.
• B) third of three tactics used by the third man in the film 'The Third Man'.
• C) belief that persuasive messages influence us less than other people.
• D) most recently researched message factor in communication studies.

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Definitions:

Constant

A value that does not change in the context of a mathematical equation or statistical model.

Held Constant

A term describing a variable that is not allowed to change throughout the course of an experiment or analysis.

Multiple Regression Model

A statistical technique that models the relationship between a dependent variable and two or more independent variables to understand how the dependent variable changes with changes in the independents.

Average Expected

A statistical measure reflecting the central value or mean outcome anticipated from a distribution of possible values or outcomes.