Understanding how texting and driving video public service announcements change college students' attitudes and impact information retention using the health belief model

Understanding how texting and driving video public service announcements change college students' attitudes and impact information retention using the health belief model. (2016). Understanding how texting and driving video public service announcements change college students' attitudes and impact information retention using the health belief model.

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Title	Understanding how texting and driving video public service announcements change college students' attitudes and impact information retention using the health belief model
Abstract	In studying the impact of video public service announcements (PSAs) on texting and driving, this study found that while informative/celebrity appeals support long-term information retention, fear and humor appeals were more likely to create positive attitude change as measured by the Health Belief Model (HBM). The fear and humor appeal type's also revealed positive significance in the participant's overall health belief index, both immediately and long-term. The results of the current study found informational/celebrity appeal types had a negative impact on the HBM barriers constructs, both immediate and long-term. Cell phones are a vital tool used in our daily lives. The world is at our fingertips by using these devices. However, this convenience and overreliance have posed problems in personal relationships, classrooms, and produced serious distraction concerns, especially while driving. This quasi-experimental research, conducted at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, examined three appeal types commonly used in PSAs; fear, humor and informational/celebrity to determine if the type of appeal impacts college students' attitudes, both immediately and long-term, towards texting and driving. The study also investigated how these appeals impact college students' immediate and long-term information retention.
Date	2016

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Title: Understanding how texting and driving video public service announcements change college students' attitudes and impact information retention using the health belief model
Personal Name(s): Smeak, Rona
Piwinsky, Mark J.
Corporate Name(s): Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Communications Media.
Note: Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Piwinsky, Mark J. Committee members: James Lenze; Nurhaya Muchtar.
Topical Subject(s): Communication
Public health