Why We Watch: Factors affecting Exposure to Tragic Television News. A Pakistani Perspective
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The study examined empathically individual difference of tragic news viewing motives (surveillance and reassurance) and the positive relationship between personal distress and reassurance regarding suicide attacks news in Pakistan. Simple random sample of 50 respondents was taken. The results reveal that if affective motivations are taken under consideration then the causes of people’s exposure of media can be explored which are uses and gratification, selective exposure and mood management.
2020 ◽
Vol 4
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pp. 87
2021 ◽
Vol 3
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pp. 18-1
2017 ◽
Vol 4
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pp. 127-136
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2020 ◽
Vol 4
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2017 ◽
Vol 8
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pp. 25
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2003 ◽
Vol 54
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pp. 105-114
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2000 ◽
Vol 23
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pp. 103-123
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2016 ◽
Vol 12
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pp. 133
2015 ◽
Vol 10
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pp. 103
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