Date of Award

12-1991

Honors Thesis Number

5578

Major

Journalism

Abstract

An examination of public service advertising (PSA), and some factors affecting it, was made. Psychological topics important to public service advertising, such as: attitude change, motives, and personality traits were reviewed. The impact of four communication variables, source, message, channel and receiver, were also examined. Finally, examples of successful PSA campaigns were analyzed. Recommendations to improve the effectiveness of future public service advertising were made.

Comments

Name on Title Page: Kristine E. Maag

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