Jurnal Internasional Bahasa
Sage Publication : Communication Research
This study explored long-term memories for childhood exposure to disturbing televised
news reports in order to uncover possible mechanisms through which children experience
the emotion of fear. In an online survey, 328 undergraduates at a Midwestern university
were questioned about their long-term memories for a disturbing news report seen during
childhood. Results revealed that 50% of participants could remember a specific news
event that frightened them during childhood, a majority of which were seen accidentally.
Participants were most likely to remember news stories about terrorist attacks, murders,
and kidnappings. They were more frightened when news events were rated as personally
relevant, when they continued to think about the news event after it had ended, and when
the news events elicited feelings of shock and surprise.
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