Journal article
The Effects of Sports Media Exposure on College Students' Rape Myth Beliefs and Intentions to Intervene in a Sexual Assault
Mass communication & society, v 16(6), pp 762-786
01 Nov 2013
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Abstract
An online survey was fielded to freshmen living in residence halls at a northwestern university in the United States. Structural equation modeling was used to investigate the structure of relationships among exposure to mainstream sports media, rape myth acceptance, and intentions to intervene in sexual assault situations while controlling for gender traits. Given that prior research suggests men and women differ in their beliefs about sexual assault, analyses were performed on male (n=111) and female (n=241) respondents separately. Among women, exposure to sports media was positively associated with rape myth acceptance, which in turn was negatively associated with intentions to intervene in sexual assault situations. Among men, consuming sports media was negatively associated with intentions to intervene in a sexual assault. The findings suggest that exposure to some sports media may be negatively associated to individuals' intentions to intervene in a sexual assault.
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- Title
- The Effects of Sports Media Exposure on College Students' Rape Myth Beliefs and Intentions to Intervene in a Sexual Assault
- Creators
- Stacey J. T. Hust - Washington State UniversityMing Lei - Washington State UniversityChunbo Ren - Central Michigan UniversityHua Chang - Drexel UniversityAnna L. McNab - Niagara UniversityEmily G. Marett - Mississippi State UniversityJessica Fitts Willoughby - RTI International
- Publication Details
- Mass communication & society, v 16(6), pp 762-786
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis
- Number of pages
- 25
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Marketing
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000328192600002
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-84890338357
- Other Identifier
- 991021892011804721
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