dc.contributor.advisor | Bolls, Paul David, 1966- | eng |
dc.contributor.author | Spratt, Ashley Price | eng |
dc.date.issued | 2008 | eng |
dc.date.submitted | 2008 Summer | eng |
dc.description | The entire dissertation/thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file (which also appears in the research.pdf); a non-technical general description, or public abstract, appears in the public.pdf file. | eng |
dc.description | Title from title screen of research.pdf file (viewed on August 14, 2009) | eng |
dc.description | Vita. | eng |
dc.description | Thesis (M.A.) University of Missouri-Columbia 2008. | eng |
dc.description.abstract | Emotion and cognition are two interrelated concepts in mass media research. This study examines the effect of negative emotional intensity in environmental public service announcements on cognitive processing and behavioral intent. Environmental PSAs with three different levels of negative emotion were used to determine effects on secondary task reaction time (STRT), recognition, and behavioral intent. The data collected showed that recognition performance was highest at the moderate intensity level, and significantly dropped at the low intensity level. STRT results were interesting in that STRT was fastest at the moderate intensity level, and dropped significantly at the high intensity level. Behavioral intent data showed that participants were most likely to support the message sponsor when the message used moderately negative emotion. Future research will shed more light on interpreting STRT as well as the relationship between emotion and cognition. | eng |
dc.identifier.merlin | b70640786 | eng |
dc.identifier.oclc | 430540284 | eng |
dc.identifier.uri | https://doi.org/10.32469/10355/5680 | eng |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10355/5680 | |
dc.language | English | eng |
dc.publisher | University of Missouri--Columbia | eng |
dc.relation.ispartofcommunity | University of Missouri-Columbia. Graduate School. Theses and Dissertations. Theses. 2008 Theses | eng |
dc.rights | OpenAccess. | eng |
dc.rights.license | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 License. | |
dc.subject.lcsh | Advertising, Public service | eng |
dc.subject.lcsh | Negativism | eng |
dc.subject.lcsh | Green marketing | eng |
dc.title | Green with emotion : the effect of negative emotional appeal intensity on cognitive processing of environmental PSAs | eng |
dc.type | Thesis | eng |
thesis.degree.discipline | Journalism (MU) | eng |
thesis.degree.grantor | University of Missouri--Columbia | eng |
thesis.degree.level | Masters | eng |
thesis.degree.name | M.A. | eng |