Question

"The media doesn’t influence me, but my sister’s friends are clearly very much influenced. They always wear the latest fashions!" The common belief that we aren’t influenced by media messages but other people are is known as:

Answer 1

The common belief that we aren’t influenced by media messages but other people are is known as: the third-person effect.

Step-by-step explanation:

It was in 1983 that sociologist W. Phillips Davison first articulated what is now known as the third-person effect. According to his theory, this effect shows a tendency one has to underestimate the effects of a mass communicated message over oneself. One tends to believe that others are more affected than one is, overestimating the power media has over others. This belief is a result of personal biases.