Uppsatsens syfte är att ur ett sociologiskt perspektiv belysa vilken påverkan sociala medier har på en grupp aktiva individer och hur de tror att andra påverkas i förhållande till hälsosamma inlägg. Vi ser även på effekterna som uppkommer när individen möts av den hälsosamma livsstilen på sociala medier. Studien baseras på kvalitativ metod och tolv semistrukturerade samtalsintervjuer med fysiskt aktiva individer som använder sig av plattformerna Facebook och Instagram. Analysen  baseras på Konsumtionens modetåg och Symboliskt kapital. Vi har även använt oss avtredjepersonseffekten. Resultatet av uppsatsen visar att intervjupersonerna till stor del är påverkad av hälsosamma bilder genom sociala medier trots att de är medvetna om att en bättre bild av individen framförts. Vi såg att sändare samt innehåll var stora faktorer till hur informanterna mottog information och ansåg sig påverkas. / The purpose of this study is to highlighting from a sociological perspective the impact that social media has on a group of active individuals and how they think others are affected in relation to healthy posts. We also look at the effects that arise when the individual is confronted with the healthy lifestyle on social media. We also study the how these effects have an impact on the individual's identity. The study is based on qualitative methods and twelve semi-structured interviews with physically active individuals who make use of the platforms Facebook and Instagram. The analysis is based on Consumption and Symbolic capital. We also use the third-person effect to gain a deeper analysis on the individual's influence. The results of the paper show that the respondents are largely influenced by the heathy mage provided through social media. We saw that the sender and the contents were big factors in how informants received the information and considered himself influenced.

Alcohol consumption among Chinese college students has become a serious problem. The present research examines the relationships among attitudes towards alcohol advertising, attitudes towards alcohol products, the perceived influences of alcohol advertising on the self, the perceived influences of alcohol advertising on others, and attitudes toward government restrictions on alcohol advertising. Data were collected from 578 Chinese college students via an online survey. The results supported the hypothesized relationships between attitude toward alcohol products and alcohol advertising, as well as the relationship between attitude toward alcohol advertising and perceived influence of alcohol advertising on oneself. Results also supported the looking glass perception hypothesis whereby the perceived influence of alcohol advertising on oneself (first-person effect) had strong influence on the perceived influence on others (third-person effect) which in turn led to greater support for restrictions on alcohol advertising.

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) has emerged as a competitive corporate marketing strategy and gained increasingly more attention among organizations. Drawing from attribution theory, persuasion knowledge model and the first- and third-person effects, this study outlined a survey study designed to examine the relationships among consumers’ beliefs in CSR motives, perceived effects of CSR communication on self and others, and behavioral consequences. Also described is a structural equation model which allows for the testing of the research hypotheses. Data was collected from 202 college students via survey. The results supported that when consumers believe the motives of CSR are other-serving, perceived effects are more positive on self than other and they are able to take action to join. Results also showed that when consumers believe the motives are self-serving, perceived effects are negative on self.

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Instagram is revolutionary in social media and networking, but little is known about the factors, social or psychological, that motivate users to become constant users on this app. A comprehensive survey was created, 277 college-aged Instagram users responded about their motivation, attitude, purpose, and primary activities regarding Instagram. The results show that Instagram users have five fundamental social and psychological motives: social interaction, archiving, self-expression, escapism, and peeking. Results showed that males were different from females in the following areas of using Instagram: create a personal space, interact with a number of people, keep in touch with friends far away, get updates on close friends and family, provide updates on life, or show off. Also, there was only one significant difference in the results of the age group: in using Instagram to keep in touch with friends far away, the 21-23 and 30+ age groups were significantly different.

The current study explores the influence nontraditional framing of beauty and ugliness has on college aged females' interpretation of beauty. Focus group sessions were used to assess this influence, during which the women were asked several questions within two open discussions of beauty. The television sitcom Ugly Betty, which features an alternative framing of beauty standards, was shown between each discussion and used to analyze the media's influence. The results show that the discussion and the new framing of beauty and ugliness in the clip influenced the women's interpretations by either creating new understandings or re-enforcing existing beliefs. The women also considered media images of beauty to have a third-person effect with younger audiences being more impacted. Social comparison was used slightly in explaining beauty definitions and standards for women. / Master of Arts

本研究探討「電視政論性談話節目」的第三人效果。第三人效果假說指出，人們會傾向認為，媒介訊息對自己的影響較小，對他人的影響較大。當媒介訊息產生第三人效果認知時，會使人們採取對應行動，為保護自己或他人不受訊息的負面影響而支持限制媒介，因此本研究的主要目的，在探討一般人對電視政論性談話節目的認知與態度，是否存在第三人效果（third-person effect），以及第三人效果是否會導致人們支持限制電視政論性談話節目。 　　本研究除了探討電視政論性談話節目是否會產生第三人效果外；並採用人口變項、電視政論性談話節目的社會需要性、政治注意及政治自我能等變項，來預測電視政論性談話節目的第三人效果認知，同時也進一步採用第三人效果認知來預測人們是否支持對電視政論性談話節目進行限制。 　　本研究的資料來自中央研究院2008 年台灣地區社會變遷調查計畫第五期第四次大眾傳播組的數據，這項研究共有1980 份有效問卷。資料分析顯示，電視政論性談話節目對台灣民眾會產生第三人效果，受訪民眾普遍認為電視政論性談話節目對於一般民眾產生的負面影響，大於對自己的負面影響。 　　其次，在電視政論性談話節目的社會需要性方面，受訪者認為社會越不需要電視政論性談話節目，第三人效果認知差距越大。對於政治的注意程度方面，研究結果發現，受訪者對政治注意程度較高，越傾向認為對自己和其他人的負面影響較大。同時，受訪者認為電視政論性談話節目的負面影響越大，也就越傾向支持對電視政論性談話節目進行限制；電視政論性談話節目「對自己的負面影響」、「對其他人的負面的影響」和第三人效果認知差距三變項，均是預測支持政府限制電視政論性談話節目的顯著變項。 / The research is about “third person effect” of political call-in program. The“third-person effect” hypothesis states that mass media have geater effect on others than on himself or herself. When “third person effect” occurs, people tend to protectthemselves or others from being influenced negatively by media, which lead them to favor the restriction of media. Therefore, the purpose of the research is to analyze the　existence of “third- person effect” among general pereception and attitude toward　television political call-in program and whether “third preson effect” would lead people to favor political call-in program. In addition to the analysis of third person effect of political call-in program, demographic variable, desirability of TV political call-in program, political attentionand external political self-efficacy are all adopted to predict the third person effect of political call-in program. In the mean while, the result of third person effect is used topredict whether people favor the restriction of political call-in program. The data of research comes from Academia Sinica, project of the Taiwan Social Change Survey, 2008 issue fifth, fourth time, section of mass communication. This research includes 1980 valid samples. The result of data analysis indicates that TV political call-in programs have effects on interviewees generally believe that TV political program have greater negative effects on others than on themselves. In addition, as to the desirability of TV political call-in program, interviewees think that less desirability of TV political call-in program lead to greater gap of the perception toward third person effect. As for the political attention, the result indicates that the higher political attention of interviewee, the high tendency for people to think greater third person effect on others and themselves. Mean while, interviewees think that the greater negative influence of political call-in program, there is higher tendency for them to favor the restriction of political call-in program. The influence of political call-in program on oneself, the others and third-person perception, the three significant variables are all favorable to the restriction of TV political call-in program.

The prospective student-athletes’ use of an online recruiting platform to seek college scholarships has become a norm. College coaches recruit prospective-student athletes often using tools like global personal contacts, on-site recruiting, and online recruiting platforms. Online recruiting platforms offer several services and vary in price. This study examines female student-athlete golfers’ use of the online recruiting platform to seek scholarships from a global perspective. Previous research suggests that prospective student-athletes prefer online recruiting platforms while college coaches often use other outlets which can lead to miscommunication and lost opportunities. The services, price, and usability of 20 sports online recruiting platforms in the United States were examined to find out what is offered to prospective-student athletes. Interviews of NCAA Division I collegiate coaches were conducted to examine the most common recruiting tools used by the coaches and their opinions of the use of online recruiting platforms.

A 3 (crisis response strategy) x 3 (medium) factorial design experiment was conducted to determine if information graphics conveyed through online news sources may be more beneficial for organizational reputations during some crisis situations than the use of news videos and text-based news stories. Variables examined include cognitive and affective appraisal, third-person effect, behavioral response and crisis response strategy. Recent research in organizational crisis communications has pointed to the fact that more information is needed regarding how individuals react cognitively and affectively to crisis communications. Current crisis communications literature is also sparse concerning the behavioral aspects of crisis message reception and social media usage. This study addressed these concerns and built on the established framework of Situational Crisis Communication Theory (SCCT).

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