The Third person perception : a self-categorization explanation.

• Main Authors: Chua, Peggy Pei Si., Lin, Weirong., Ng, Kong Yong.
• 其他作者: Detenber, Benjamin
• 格式: Final Year Project
• 語言: English
• 出版: 2009
• 主題: DRNTU::Social sciences::Communication::Public opinion
• 在線閱讀: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/14945
• 機構: Nanyang Technological University

The third-person perception is the phenomenon whereby people perceive others to be more influenced by the media relative to themselves. The fundamental attribution error and optimistic bias have both been posited as the underlying explanation for this phenomenon. This study tested self-categorizati...