TY - JOUR
T1 - Make No Mistake? Exploring Cognitive and Perceptual Effects of Grammatical Errors in News Articles
AU - Appelman, Alyssa
AU - Schmierbach, Mike
N1 - Funding Information:
The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: For Study 1, the first author was supported by a summer research grant awarded by the Donald P. Bellisario College of Communications at the Pennsylvania State University during her doctoral program. For Study 2, participant compensation was funded by ACES: The Society for Editing (formerly the American Copy Editors Society).
Funding Information:
For Study 1, the first author was supported by a summer research grant awarded by the Donald P. Bellisario College of Communications at the Pennsylvania State University during her doctoral program. For Study 2, participant compensation was funded by ACES: The Society for Editing (formerly the American Copy Editors Society).
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PY - 2018/12/1
Y1 - 2018/12/1
N2 - Using four between-subjects experiments (N1 = 106, N2 = 166, N3 = 159, and N4 = 164), this project tests the ways audiences process grammatical errors in news articles. In all, results suggest that readers perceive stories with grammatical errors to be lower in quality, credibility, and informativeness, but the number of errors needed is relatively large. Analysis shows amplified effects for people who report concern about grammar, and, to a lesser degree, people with knowledge of grammar rules. Given these results, the findings suggest a nonlinear, nonuniversal effect of grammatical errors on readers of news articles.
AB - Using four between-subjects experiments (N1 = 106, N2 = 166, N3 = 159, and N4 = 164), this project tests the ways audiences process grammatical errors in news articles. In all, results suggest that readers perceive stories with grammatical errors to be lower in quality, credibility, and informativeness, but the number of errors needed is relatively large. Analysis shows amplified effects for people who report concern about grammar, and, to a lesser degree, people with knowledge of grammar rules. Given these results, the findings suggest a nonlinear, nonuniversal effect of grammatical errors on readers of news articles.
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U2 - 10.1177/1077699017736040
DO - 10.1177/1077699017736040
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85043312946
SN - 1077-6990
VL - 95
SP - 930
EP - 947
JO - Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly
JF - Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly
IS - 4
ER -