Purpose This chapter provides an overview of what is currently known in the scientific
literature about the effects of disclosures of sponsored content on consumers' responses …

The eighth edition of this text remains an indispensable resource for mass communication
psychology and media effects courses. This book gives readers an in-depth understanding …

The amount of literature on the effects of disclosing sponsored content has increased greatly
in recent years. Although the literature provides valuable insights into the effects of …

Does exposure to cyber terrorism prompt calls for retaliatory military strikes? By what
psychological mechanism does it do so? Through a series of controlled, randomized …

This research highlights mechanisms underlying transparency's influence on news
engagement, as contingent upon perceptions of the news media's importance (PNMI) …

As readers often do not recognize the commercial nature of native advertising on news
websites, clear disclosures are required to prevent deception. The present study therefore …

Product placement is regarded as a covert advertising strategy because viewers are often
unaware of the persuasion attempt when they are exposed to product placement due to the …

Abstract Recently, the European Union decreed that European countries should use
disclosures of brand placement in programs and movies on television to guarantee fair …

Neoliberal policy approaches have swept over the American political economy in recent
decades. In Framing Inequality, Matt Guardino focuses on the power of corporate news …

Two online experiments examined whether news labels attract reader attention and affect
news story credibility. Both studies showed that labels garner little attention from …