"third-person effect" meaning in All languages combined

See third-person effect on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Head templates: {{en-noun|?}} third-person effect
  1. A hypothesized phenomenon by which people tend to perceive that mass media messages have a greater effect on others than on themselves, based on personal biases.
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