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- Title
Investigating Personality and Viewing-Motivation Correlates of Reality Television Exposure.
- Authors
Aubrey, JenniferStevens; Olson, Loreen; Fine, Mark; Hauser, Todd; Rhea, David; Kaylor, Brian; Yang, Annie
- Abstract
This study investigated the personality and viewing-motivation correlates of reality television exposure. Results from a survey of 592 undergraduates showed that extroversion negatively predicted reality television exposure, whereas neuroticism was not associated with it. Both instrumental (social interaction, information, and arousal) and ritualized (relaxation, pass time, entertainment, and companionship) viewing motivations positively predicted exposure to reality television. A two-stage model by which personality traits contributed to viewing motivations, which, in turn, contributed to the selection of reality television, was tested and offered an adequate fit to the data. Implications for uses and gratifications research are discussed.
- Subjects
QUALITATIVE research; REALITY television programs; PERSONALITY; MOTIVATION (Psychology); SOCIAL interaction; TELEVISION viewers
- Publication
Communication Quarterly, 2012, Vol 60, Issue 1, p80
- ISSN
0146-3373
- Publication type
Case Study
- DOI
10.1080/01463373.2012.641830