Title
A Social Comparison Explanation for the Third-Person Perception
Abstract
This study proposes the third-person perception (TPP) can be viewed as a type of comparative social judgment in the domain of media influence, in that it is a function of assimilation, contrast, and anchoring mechanisms in the process of social comparison. The derived hypotheses were tested with web-based experimental data (N = 511). Results showed some evidence that TPP was a function of assimilation and contrast effects. There was also evidence that there were anchoring effects, and such effects tended to emerge when self was the anchor. Implication and directions for future research on TPP were discussed.
Year
DOI
Venue
2015
10.1177/0093650212467644
COMMUNICATION RESEARCH
Keywords
Field
DocType
third-person perception,comparative social judgment,assimilation,contrast,anchoring effect
Social perception,Social psychology,Assimilation (phonology),Psychology,Assimilation and contrast effects,Social comparison theory,Perception
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
42.0
2.0
0093-6502
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
2
0.39
3
Authors
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Lijiang Shen161.75
jason palmer220.39
laura min mercer kollar320.73
sarah comer420.39