TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2004//
TI  - Object-Subject Distance and the Third Person Perception
JO  - Media psychology
A1  - Tsfati, Yariv
A1  - Cohen, Jonathan
SP  - 335
EP  - 361
VL  - 6
IS  - 4
N2  - Two studies demonstrate that third person perceptions are less dependent on ego-defensive mechanisms than previously thought. It is argued that people use intuitive notions of media dependency when they estimate the influence of media on different groups of others. Our results show that when the "others" that are the object of media influence are close to the subject of communication, people perceive less influence. This finding joins new research contrasting with the idea of the "social distance corollary." Two studies demonstrate that third person perceptions are less dependent on ego-defensive mechanisms than previously thought. It is argued that people use intuitive notions of media dependency when they estimate the influence of media on different groups of others. Our results show that when the "others" that are the object of media influence are close to the subject of communication, people perceive less influence. This finding joins new research contrasting with the idea of the "social distance corollary."<p /> 
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SN  - 1521-3269
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1207/s1532785xmep0604_2
ID  - ref1
ER  -