Results
Pearson correlations provided partial support for only one of the
study’s hypotheses (H3). There was no support for hypotheses 4, 5, 6, or
7. Hypotheses 1 and 2 were not tested in Study 1. The bivariate
relationships are presented in Table 1.
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Table 1 about here
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Fear of crime was related only to cable subscription (r = .18,p < .05), supporting none of the hypotheses.
Mistrust/anomie was negatively linked to VCR ownership (r = ‑.20,p < .05), partially supporting hypothesis 3.
Fear of crime (r = .26, p < .01) and mistrust/anomie
(r = .41, p < .001) were both positively related
to television viewing. This relationship remained significant for
mistrust (r = .27, p =.01), after controlling for new
technology use (cable subscription, VCR ownership, RCD ownership, time
spent watching rented videos, time shifting, and channel changing). The
6th-order partial correlation between television viewing and fear of
crime (r = .14, p = .06) was nonsignificant. The
relationship between television viewing and mistrust/anomie
(r = .26, p < .05) was maintained when further
controlling for age, sex, education, and income. The 10th‑order partial
correlation between television viewing and fear of crime
(r = .15, p = .09) was nonsignificant.
Study 2