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Peer reviewedGoetz, Ernest T.; And Others – Journal of Reading Behavior, 1994
Examines undergraduate students' imaginative processes (i.e., spontaneous imagery and emotional response) to newspaper articles. Finds that, as in previous studies with literary texts and feature journalism articles, imagery and affective responses (i.e., emotional response and story interest) were moderately to strongly related. Finds that both…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Imagery, Interest Research, Journalism
Nolan, Jack – 1987
A study explored the effects of both prior knowledge of acronyms and their form of presentation (cued or uncued) on reader recognition of acronym meaning. Among the hypotheses tested were that (1) a reader presented with an acronym ranked as familiar is more likely to recognize that acronym than one ranked unfamiliar, and (2) that a reader…
Descriptors: Abbreviations, Context Clues, Higher Education, Journalism
