Influence of Text &amp; Graphics in Increasing Understanding of Foreign News Context

doi:https://doi.org/10.1177/073953299201300108

Article10.1177/073953299201300108

Influence of Text & Graphics in Increasing Understanding of Foreign News Context

Jeffrey L. Griffin,Robert Louis Stevenson-1992-01-01-Newspaper Research Journal

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Given Americans' general ignorance about other nations and lack of understanding of events beyond U.S. borders, foreign news accounts should offer more background information. This experiment shows that background material in both graphic and textual forms effectively increases reader understanding of complex world events.

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Given Americans' general ignorance about other nations and lack of understanding of events beyond U.S. borders, foreign news accounts should offer more background information. This experiment shows that background material in both graphic and textual forms effectively increases reader understanding of complex world events.

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IgnoranceContext (archaeology)NewspaperGraphicsAdvertisingPolitical scienceComputer scienceMedia studies

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