Theses and Dissertations
Issuing Body
Mississippi State University
Advisor
Sherman-Morris, Kathleen
Committee Member
Brown, Michael
Committee Member
Dixon, Paul Grady
Date of Degree
12-15-2012
Document Type
Graduate Thesis - Open Access
Major
Geosciences
Degree Name
Master of Science (M.S.)
College
College of Arts and Sciences
Department
Department of Geosciences
Abstract
An association was tested between the presence of a television weather broadcaster on-screen and viewers’ likelihood to seek shelter, measured via risk perception and preventative behavior. Social networking websites were used to recruit respondents. Four clips of archived severe weather videos, one pair (on-screen and off-screen broadcaster) using the reflectivity product and another pair (on-screen and off-screen broadcaster) using velocity product, were presented to participants. Viewers’ trust and weather salience were also quantified for additional interactions. A relationship between viewers’ risk perception (preflectivity = 0.821, pvelocity = 0.625) and preventative behavior (preflectivity = 0.217, pvelocity = 0.236) and the presence of the broadcaster on-screen was not found. The reflectivity product was associated with higher risk perception and preventative behavior scores than the velocity product (prp = 0.000, ppb = 0.000).
URI
https://hdl.handle.net/11668/18511
Recommended Citation
Lea, Amanda Marie, "Effects of Television Weather Broadcasters on Viewers During Severe Weather: To Be or Not To Be On-Screen" (2012). Theses and Dissertations. 1801.
https://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/td/1801