Recently, one major broadcasting news anchor''s word has been a controversial issue. The anchor''s words became one of the most popular analects and it is the first searching word through the internet currently as well. The words responded throughout ...
Recently, one major broadcasting news anchor''s word has been a controversial issue. The anchor''s words became one of the most popular analects and it is the first searching word through the internet currently as well. The words responded throughout the internet since the news anchor''s words are usually considered as serious and grave words. Although people regard the role of an anchor importantly like this, the previous studies about anchor were mostly about the debates of an anchor''s appearance, voice and his or her career. In other words, those studies were depended more on peripheral facts than the news communication skill which is the anchor''s main required condition. Thus, in this study, the anchor''s words which anchor communicates with will be the most focused issue. Additionally, this study will examine the reactions of various anchor''s words in the news programs and also will explain whether the receiver''s personalities and ages will affect the reactions of anchor''s words or not. As following the object of this study, the consideration of the theoretical background related to an anchor, the control motive and one''s personality as a variable of control will be examined. As a result, this study proved that the anchor''s words which were positively primed are having better valuation than the anchor''s words which are negatively primed. For the next, this study will look into the control effect of the control motive which indicates receiver''s personality in order to explain whether the priming information is under control of receiver''s personality or not. In consequence, the study proved that the effect of the receiver''s reaction of the anchor words is controlled by receiver''s control motive. Finally, the receiver''s age controls the effect of anchor''s words in the positive side but it affects conversely in the negative side. Considering the test- firing of this study based on those results above, news anchors play a role of a guide of the importance of news report for the receivers depends on the way of anchor''s telling the news. The anchor''s words necessarily should not be biased and must be fair in the neutral observation with objective viewpoint.