Finally, we cannot ignore the fact that some of these results may be an artifact of individuals with specific characteristics selecting media content that is consistent with their own perspectives. In line with this possibility, Republicans were more likely to listen to talk radio, watch police-reality programs, and television news and they were also more supportive of the death penalty. Similarly, lesseducated individuals are more likely to watch police-reality programs and to support the capital punishment. There were other media and demographic variable relationships that were not consistent with the patterns that were found in the support for capital punishment models. For example, those with a higher education are more likely to listen to talk radio, while education and support for capital punishment are negatively correlated.
There were several limitations to the current study. To begin, the convenience sample that was utilized does not allow for specific generalizations to be made to the general population. The sample also lacked enough minority group representations to make meaningful comparisons between African Americans, Asians, Hispanics, and Whites. The cross-sectional data did not allow for adequate tests of the time order between media consumption patterns, support for capital punishment, and a number of perceptual variables. Although the two measures of support for capital punishment are frequently used in the death penalty literature, they are single-item measures. Finally, several media and fear of crime studies have highlighted the importance of disaggregating samples by characteristicssuch as race, sex, and neighborhood characteristics to control for the possibility that the same media message may differentially impact audience members with different characteristics (Callanan & Rosenberger, 2011; Chiricos et al., 1997; Dowler, 2002; Eschholz et al., 2003). Unfortunately, the size of the current sample made multiple subdivisions of the sample impractical. More work is needed on both theoretical models of media effects on capital punishment that include nonrecursive relationships and on developing longitudinal data sets that include media consumption and punitive attitude variables. Future research in this area should include measures of complexity of thinking about crime and attitudes toward capital punishment indexes, to help further clarify the relationship between media consumption patterns, and support for capital punishment. Additionally, future research should utilize a probability sampling technique so that generalizations to the general population can be made with greater confidence. It will also be important to separate measures of race from ethnicity, so that differences between and within these groups can be explored in greater detail.
สุดท้าย เราไม่สามารถละเว้นความจริงที่ว่า บางส่วนของผลลัพธ์เหล่านี้อาจเป็นสิ่งประดิษฐ์ของบุคคลที่มีลักษณะเฉพาะที่เลือกเนื้อหาของสื่อที่สอดคล้องกับมุมมองของตนเอง โดยโอกาสนี้ Republicans ได้ยิ่งฟังพูดคุยวิทยุ ชมโปรแกรมจริงตำรวจ และข่าวโทรทัศน์และพวกเขาก็ยังเพิ่มเติมสนับสนุนโทษประหารชีวิต ในทำนองเดียวกัน บุคคล lesseducated มีแนวโน้ม เพื่อดูโปรแกรมตำรวจจริง และสนับสนุนโทษประหารชีวิต มีสื่อและความสัมพันธ์ของตัวแปรประชากรที่ไม่สอดคล้องกับรูปแบบที่พบในการสนับสนุนโทษประหารชีวิตรุ่น อื่น ๆ ตัวอย่าง ผู้ที่ มีการศึกษามีแนวโน้มที่ฟังพูดคุยวิทยุ ในขณะที่การศึกษาและสนับสนุนโทษประหารชีวิตจะส่ง correlatedThere were several limitations to the current study. To begin, the convenience sample that was utilized does not allow for specific generalizations to be made to the general population. The sample also lacked enough minority group representations to make meaningful comparisons between African Americans, Asians, Hispanics, and Whites. The cross-sectional data did not allow for adequate tests of the time order between media consumption patterns, support for capital punishment, and a number of perceptual variables. Although the two measures of support for capital punishment are frequently used in the death penalty literature, they are single-item measures. Finally, several media and fear of crime studies have highlighted the importance of disaggregating samples by characteristicssuch as race, sex, and neighborhood characteristics to control for the possibility that the same media message may differentially impact audience members with different characteristics (Callanan & Rosenberger, 2011; Chiricos et al., 1997; Dowler, 2002; Eschholz et al., 2003). Unfortunately, the size of the current sample made multiple subdivisions of the sample impractical. More work is needed on both theoretical models of media effects on capital punishment that include nonrecursive relationships and on developing longitudinal data sets that include media consumption and punitive attitude variables. Future research in this area should include measures of complexity of thinking about crime and attitudes toward capital punishment indexes, to help further clarify the relationship between media consumption patterns, and support for capital punishment. Additionally, future research should utilize a probability sampling technique so that generalizations to the general population can be made with greater confidence. It will also be important to separate measures of race from ethnicity, so that differences between and within these groups can be explored in greater detail.
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