Journal of Technical Writing and Communication Jul 1980

Media and Affect: A Comparison of Videotape, Audiotape, and Print

Ruth Stroud Machula Illinois State University

Abstract

Students at the University of Illinois and the University of Michigan participated in an experiment to determine if different affective responses would result from exposure to three different forms of media, each presenting the same content. One group of students viewed a videotape, another listened to an audiotape, and a third read a printed transcript. A semantic differential was used to measure affective response, and an objective test was administered to measure cognitive learning. Results showed the video group to be perceiving the presentation less favorably than were the other two groups; however, they were perceiving two of the participants more favorably than were the others. An analysis of covariance between pre- and posttest scores of cognitive learning showed that subjects receiving the audiotape version had learned significantly less than those receiving the other treatments.

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Journal of Technical Writing and Communication
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1980-07-01
DOI
10.2190/v1fh-2fav-hkm3-dluy
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