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The Influence of Humor on Anchor Credibility and Viewers' Attitude toward the Anchor: A Moderating Effect of News Type

유머가 앵커에 대한 신뢰성과 시청자 태도에 미치는 영향: 뉴스 유형에 따른 조절효과

  • Received : 2014.02.14
  • Accepted : 2014.03.06
  • Published : 2014.03.31
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Abstract

The purpose of this study is to analyze the effect of the humor on anchor credibility, attitude and to examine the moderating impact of news type. We showed two versions of the news broadcast: one with humor, the other without it to 222 university students and analyzed how the presence of humor affects on the anchor credibility, attitude and examined the moderating role of news type. The results demonstrate that the use of humor has a negative influence on anchor credibility, but doesn't affect anchor attitude. Regarding the moderating effect of news type, the group who watched soft news was not influenced by the presence of humor, but the group who watched hard news revealed that their anchor attitude became dramatically better with the use of humor.

본 연구의 목적은 뉴스를 보도하는데 있어 유머가 앵커에 대한 신뢰성과 시청자 태도에 미치는 영향을 분석하고, 뉴스타입에 따른 조절효과를 검증하고자 하는 것이다. 이를 위해 뉴스 동영상을 시청한 222명의 대학생을 대상으로 유머의 유무에 따른 앵커에 대한 신뢰도와 앵커에 대한 시청자 태도에 대해 미치는 영향을 분석하였으며, 뉴스타입의 조절효과도 검증해 보았다. 분석결과 유머가 앵커 신뢰도에 부정적인 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났으나 앵커에 대한 시청자 태도에는 유의한 차이를 보이지 않았다. 그리고 뉴스 타입의 조절효과는 연성뉴스의 경우에는 유머 사용 여부에 따른 차이가 거의 없는 것으로 분석되었지만 경성 뉴스에서는 유머를 사용하는 경우 앵커 태도가 현저하게 좋아지는 것으로 나타났다. 본 연구의 결론에는 연구결과의 요약과 시사점, 연구의 한계점 그리고 향후 연구에 대한 제언을 하였다.

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