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Access Type
Open Access
Document Type
thesis
Degree Program
Communication
Degree Type
Master of Arts (M.A.)
Year Degree Awarded
January 2007
Month Degree Awarded
September
Keywords
immigrants, attitudes toward advertising, acculturation, the third-person effect
Abstract
A media studies survey was conducted among university graduate students to study immigrants' attitudes toward advertising under various acculturation conditions. A total of 358 valid responses were collected. The study supported our hypothesis that immigrants have more positive attitudes than Americans do and it also showed that the level of positiveness varies according to different acculturation status. The study also found a larger third-person effect for immigrants than for Americans.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.7275/356176
First Advisor
Michael Morgan
Second Advisor
Erica Scharrer