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Risk Reporting And Source Credibility: Trying To Make The Readers Interested, Raluca Cozma
Risk Reporting And Source Credibility: Trying To Make The Readers Interested, Raluca Cozma
LSU Master's Theses
An experiment with 98 participants was conducted to explore the effects of government versus multiple sources on perceived credibility and interest when applied to the same risk stories. It also analyzed the effects of source treatment on participants' assessment of government credibility and source reasonableness. The study investigated the effects of demographic characteristics of participants (age, gender, media use) on the same variables, and tried to determine if there was any statistical correlation between the two dependent variables of credibility and interest. It also analyzed the effects of human-interest reports on credibility and interest. Overall, the study found that participants …
Three Essays In Labor And Health Economics, Christopher K. Coombs
Three Essays In Labor And Health Economics, Christopher K. Coombs
LSU Doctoral Dissertations
This Dissertation is primarily focused on the study of U.S. workforce trends. Research over the past fifty years, with respect to the choices that individuals make in terms of maximizing their own well-being, has covered several areas. Additionally, the legal climate has changed dramatically over this time period and research in this area has covered the possible effects on economic outcomes, including an individual's well-being. The first essay focuses on the trend in trade union membership in the U.S. over the last few decades. We revisit what is known as the government substitution hypothesis which basically addresses the question of …