Effects of Negative Media on Evangelical Christians' Attitudes Toward Evangelism

Effects of Negative Media on Evangelical Christians' Attitudes Toward Evangelism

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Main Author: Hoover, Linda
Language:English
Published: Antioch University / OhioLINK 2015
Subjects:
Mass Media
Religious Congregations
Social Research
Psychology
Media
Evangelical Christians
Social Norms
Ingroups
Prejudice
Religious hostility
Social Identity formation
Online Access:http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1429624111
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spelling ndltd-OhioLink-oai-etd.ohiolink.edu-antioch14296241112021-08-03T06:30:31Z Effects of Negative Media on Evangelical Christians' Attitudes Toward Evangelism Hoover, Linda Mass Media Religious Congregations Social Research Psychology Media Evangelical Christians Social Norms Ingroups Prejudice Religious hostility Social Identity formation This study examined how negative media influenced Evangelical Christians and their attitude toward evangelism practices. Using self-questionnaires, participants identified their level of in-group identification and type of internalized motivation for engaging in religious practices. After viewing a negative media clip about the professional football player, Tim Tebow, and his public expression of faith, 412 Evangelical Christians rated their fear of negative evaluation about engaging in evangelism. A control group of 31 participants completed questionnaires but received no media exposure. Consistent with previous research, the current study found that media exposure activated internalized social norms and feelings of oughtness, which were shown to be statistically significant predictors of anxiety as measured by BFNE-II scores. Internalization types were not found to be significant predictors for control group scores. Although 82% of Evangelical Christians highly identified with their in-group and 72% endorsed voluntary participation in evangelism practices, 59% of all participants registered clinically significant anxiety about evangelism regardless of exposure to negative media. Evangelism anxiety appeared be influenced by a sense of moral duty (Johnston, 2003), feelings of oughtness (Lindenberg et al., 2011), the risk of interpersonal rejection (Ingram, 1989), and fear of prejudicial treatment (Bobkowski & Kalyanaraman, 2010). Results indicated exposure to negative media activated obligatory expectations for conformity with evangelism practices. The electronic version of the dissertation is accessible at the Ohiolink ETD center http://www.ohiolink.edu/etd. 2015-04-27 English text Antioch University / OhioLINK http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1429624111 http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1429624111 unrestricted This thesis or dissertation is protected by copyright: all rights reserved. It may not be copied or redistributed beyond the terms of applicable copyright laws.
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language English
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topic Mass Media
Religious Congregations
Social Research
Psychology
Media
Evangelical Christians
Social Norms
Ingroups
Prejudice
Religious hostility
Social Identity formation
spellingShingle Mass Media
Religious Congregations
Social Research
Psychology
Media
Evangelical Christians
Social Norms
Ingroups
Prejudice
Religious hostility
Social Identity formation
Hoover, Linda
Effects of Negative Media on Evangelical Christians' Attitudes Toward Evangelism
author Hoover, Linda
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title Effects of Negative Media on Evangelical Christians' Attitudes Toward Evangelism
title_short Effects of Negative Media on Evangelical Christians' Attitudes Toward Evangelism
title_full Effects of Negative Media on Evangelical Christians' Attitudes Toward Evangelism
title_fullStr Effects of Negative Media on Evangelical Christians' Attitudes Toward Evangelism
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