Journal of Undergraduate Research
Keywords
religion, gender, parental mediation, self-censorship, mediation
College
Family, Home, and Social Sciences
Department
Economics
Abstract
This article reports the results of a three sample follow-up quantitative study involving 588 participants. Those sampled were students of three institutions of higher education, namely: Brigham Young University, Illinois State University and Texas Christian University. The three samples involved three different religious and non-religious affiliated institutions to evaluate the impact of religious affiliation on mediation strategies and self-censorship in mass media viewing choices. We used a 47-point, cross-sectional survey instrument to operationalize our hypotheses. Surveys were administered by faculty members at each of the universities and by members of our research team to each class. We discovered significant relationships between gender and mass media viewing habits and attitudes toward mediation strategies. In addition, there were some clear yet surprising results concerning religious affiliation and parental mediation strategies and the efficacy of those strategies.
Recommended Citation
Layton, Christopher and Hansen, David
(2013)
"Religion and Gender in the Impact of Parental Mediation on Self-censorship and Attitudes toward Mediation,"
Journal of Undergraduate Research: Vol. 2013:
Iss.
1, Article 170.
Available at:
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jur/vol2013/iss1/170