THE PSYCHOLOGICAL IMPACT OF VIEWING THE FILM JFK - EMOTIONS, BELIEFS, AND POLITICAL BEHAVIORAL INTENTIONS

被引:110
作者
BUTLER, LD [1 ]
KOOPMAN, C [1 ]
ZIMBARDO, PG [1 ]
机构
[1] STANFORD UNIV,DEPT PSYCHIAT,STANFORD,CA 94305
关键词
MEDIA; ATTITUDE CHANGE; POLITICAL BEHAVIOR; CONSPIRACY; JOHN F KENNEDY;
D O I
10.2307/3791831
中图分类号
D0 [政治学、政治理论];
学科分类号
0302 ; 030201 ;
摘要
Oliver Stone's controversial film, JFK induced an array of psychological sequelae in an educated, politically diverse audience seeing the film under natural circumstances. Fifty-three adults were surveyed as they entered a theater to see the film, while another 54 respondents answered the same questions as they exited from seeing the film. The film significantly aroused anger and changed beliefs toward accepting the broad conspiracy hypothesis of multiple agents and agencies involved in the Kennedy assassination and its cover-up. The film's impact on moods, beliefs, and judgments was found to be specific to the themes and persuasive message of the film and did not carry over to general political judgments or to perceptions of conspiracies in viewers' own lives, with one exception: viewing JFK was associated with a significant decrease in viewers' reported intentions to vote or make political contributions. A general helplessness effect is proposed to account for the increase in feelings of anger and hopelessness and the decrease in intentions to vote or make political contributions.
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页码:237 / 257
页数:21
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