Effects of Morbid Curiosity On Perception, Attention, and Reaction to Bad News
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چکیده
Past media effects research suggests a relationship between morbid curiosity and processing of television news; however, the cognitive and emotional processes involved are little understood. This study compared physiological effects with self-reported reactions of viewers exposed to negative news stories. Fifty adults were shown eight news stories ranging from morbidly negative to positive topics. Participants ̓responses to morbid curiosity and sensationseeking scales along with physiology data were recorded. Participants ̓ degree of morbid curiosity signifi cantly predicted physiological arousal to negative stories. It did not predict attention or perceptual measures. Instead, negativity of the stories consistently drove perceptual and arousal measures.
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