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  • Doxing, regulation, and privacy protection: expanding the behavioral consequences of the third-person effect

    • Authors: Stella C. Chia; Yanqing Sun; Fangcao Lu; Andrea Gudmundsdottir (2023-03-18)

  • This study investigates the third-person effect in relation to the internet-related practice of doxing. A national phone survey with a representative sample of adult citizens (N = 486) was conducted in Taiwan. The respondents reported that they were exposed to mediated messages about doxing through social media or news media. They tended to find others more vulnerable to the influence of media than themselves. The self-other discrepancy of perceived media influence was found to be associated with support for regulating doxing and intentions to engage in doxing. Perceived media influence on others was also found to motivate people to protect their privacy. The findings inform public op...
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  • The direct and indirect effects of advertising on materialism of college students in China

    • Authors: Ranxi Jiang; Stella C. Chia (2009)

  • In this study, we propose a theoretical framework through which we examine the direct and the indirect effects of advertising on college students’ materialistic attitudes in China. The framework is built on the influence-of-presumed-influence model, which allows us to examine how advertising and peer influence interact with each other and exert joint effects. We conducted a survey of 210 undergraduate students aged from 17 to 24 in Beijing, China. Results of the survey suggest that, in addition to its direct effect, advertising produces an indirect effect on college students’ materialism via their presumed advertising influence on peers. The findings of this study have practical impli...