Readers’ mood affects news information processing

Bu Zhong

doi:10.1177/073953291103200305

Readers’ mood affects news information processing

Bu Zhong

Journalism

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This study investigates the impact of three moods-happy, sad or neutral-on the way readers process news. Happy individuals recognize more global or general news but less local or detailed information than do those in a sad or neutral mood.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	52-66
Number of pages	15
Journal	Newspaper Research Journal
Volume	32
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/073953291103200305
State	Published - Jun 1 2011

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Communication

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