Abstract
In this experiment, we examined whether media format and the presence of relevant photographs influence the probability of false recognition for media content. We told participants that we were interested in what makes news interesting and asked them to watch 3 televised broadcasts or read 3 news articles that appeared with or without a photo depicting a relevant aspect of the story. Forty-eight hours later, participants completed a memory test. Overall, we found that people are good at knowing what they have and have not been exposed to; however, people who watched televised media were more likely to falsely recognize material that was not presented. The presence of photographs did not affect recognition accuracy. Our results suggest that the format in which people choose to receive their news may significantly impact recognition accuracy for news.
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