英文摘要 |
This paper compared the third-person effect of news about Google's decision to pull out of China on oneself relative to others. Two parallel surveys of 533 college students in China and Hong Kong show that Hong Kong respondents tended to believe the Google news has a greater influence on themselves and others than their Chinese counterparts. The results also show that social distance and personal relevance were significantly related to third-person effect. Additionally, we found that perceived effect on self was a significant predictor of support for Internet censorship and request for lifting restrictions on the Internet after controlling for the influence of demographics, media use, and frequency of Google use. Taken together, the results of the study expanded the perceptual and behavioral components of the third-person effect beyond the realm of support for restriction of undesirable media content. |