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2121Sooner
1/26/2011, 04:29 PM
Study: Male Viewers Find Sexy News Anchors Distracting
Men watching a news broadcast are more likely to pay attention if a sexy anchor is delivering the day's stories. Just what they're captivated by, however, is another matter entirely.

According to a new study from researchers at Indiana University, male viewers snap to attention at the sight of a female anchor they find attractive, but are distracted by her looks and therefore less likely to remember what she had to say.

In other words? "Men might want to reread the story in the newspaper," Maria Elizabeth Rabe, one of the study's authors, told AOL News in a phone interview.

Male viewers are riveted by the sight of a news anchorwoman they find attractive, but may not remember what she said, according to a new study.
Rabe and her colleague Leila Samson wanted to see how sexy anchors affect men's ability to retain the actual news, so they devised an experiment in which they asked hundreds of them to watch the same 24-year-old anchor deliver a broadcast twice -- once dressed in modest attire and another time in something more revealing, complete with jewelry, makeup and cleavage.

The study, published online in the journal Communication Research, found that men were more likely to closely watch the sexy anchors but less likely to remember what they said. So networks that hire attractive news anchors may get higher ratings but have less-informed male viewers as a result.




Hello......my eyes are up HERE!!!! In a related study, girls that have big titties get hit on more in bars than flat chested girls.
sooner59
1/26/2011, 04:32 PM
Another reason why Fox News is the hardest channel to watch. :D

http://www.indiannews1.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/Megyn-Marie-Kelly.jpg

http://www.sundriesshack.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/patti-ann-browne.jpg

http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z150/superdawg99/juliebandera1.jpg

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y158/superdawg2/Courtney-Friel-2.jpg

There were some other pics that were better....professionally done. But they are probably too provocative to put on this board. I'll give Fox News one thing....they hire some very "intelligent" women. :D
Ike
1/26/2011, 04:33 PM
Male viewers are riveted by the sight of a news anchorwoman they find attractive, but may not remember what she said, according to a new study.
abe and her colleague Leila Samson wanted to see how sexy anchors affect men's ability to retain the actual news, so they devised an experiment in which they asked hundreds of them to watch the same 24-year-old anchor deliver a broadcast twice -- once dressed in modest attire and another time in something more revealing, complete with jewelry, makeup and cleavage.


So when a woman was unsexyfied, men actually remembered what she said? I call BS. I have yet to meet a man that remembers what a woman said. ;)
3rdgensooner
1/26/2011, 04:33 PM
Maybe some day they'll hire hot male anchors.
SicEmBaylor
1/26/2011, 04:34 PM
Maybe some day they'll hire hot male anchors.

You don't find Wolf Blitzer to be a sexy sexy beast? What's wrong with you?
2121Sooner
1/26/2011, 04:34 PM
Oh come on now 3G, you know you get wet with O'Reilley comes on
SicEmBaylor
1/26/2011, 04:39 PM
Another reason why Fox News is the hardest channel to watch. :D

http://atomictango.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/fox-news-anchor.jpg?w=300

http://www.sundriesshack.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/patti-ann-browne.jpg

http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z150/superdawg99/juliebandera1.jpg

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y158/superdawg2/Courtney-Friel-2.jpg

There were some other pics that were better....professionally done. But they are probably too provocative to put on this board. I'll give Fox News one thing....they hire some very "intelligent" women. :D

PAB is the only one among the bunch that isn't dumber than a sack of nails.
SicEmBaylor
1/26/2011, 04:40 PM
PAB is freakin' awesome. Here are some clips of her Red Eye intros:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbd0nnW-VMc
sooner59
1/26/2011, 04:43 PM
"intelligent" = easy on the eyes :D
SoonerStormchaser
1/26/2011, 05:14 PM
Ahem...MEGYN KELLY!
OhU1
1/26/2011, 05:18 PM
Yeah the Fox women are exactly that, foxes. Being that it is the Fox network I can bet they are not saying anything worth hearing anyway. But I can't remember.
sooner59
1/26/2011, 05:23 PM
Ahem...MEGYN KELLY!

She's the first pic. Originally the pic didn't work, so I had to find another. This one wasn't as good.
delhalew
1/26/2011, 05:37 PM
Ah, FOX. Land of skirts and knee high leather boots.
Soonerfan88
1/26/2011, 09:07 PM
Maybe some day they'll hire hot male anchors.

Please let me know when they do so I will have a reason for watching tv news again.
TitoMorelli
1/26/2011, 09:48 PM
Ahem...MEGYN KELLY!

http://www.newsgab.com/attachments/celebrity-pictures/335627d1290379085-megyn-kelly-slinky-black-dress-photoshoot-gq-magazine-dec-2010-3.jpg
SicEmBaylor
1/26/2011, 09:57 PM
You all are crazy. Patti Anne Browne is the hottest.

Yes, ma'm, I am hungry for a ginger snap.

http://img.listal.com/image/1417600/600full-patti-ann-browne.jpg
OhU1
1/26/2011, 10:05 PM
You all are crazy. Patti Anne Browne is the hottest.

Yes, ma'm, I am hungry for a ginger snap.

Damn, me too! I'm not even into red heads. I'm in love. What a babe. :P
SicEmBaylor
1/26/2011, 10:06 PM
Damn, me too! I'm not even into red heads. I'm in love. What a babe. :P

Did you see those clips of her on Red Eye? It makes her that much more awesome.
OhU1
1/26/2011, 10:12 PM
Did you see those clips of her on Red Eye? It makes her that much more awesome.

You bet. I remember her saying something like "PAB, bondage aficionado..." about 3 minutes in and I was struck by Fox Babe amnesia syndrome.

Add me as a data point to the Indiana U study. I be paying attention but not listening to the words too well.
SCOUT
1/26/2011, 11:36 PM
So when a woman was unsexyfied, men actually remembered what she said? I call BS. I have yet to meet a man that remembers what a woman said. ;)

I find this post lacking. As a man of science you should at least be able to admit that it has happened. Sure, I haven't seen it either, but that doesn't make it impossible.

Please don't limit scientific discovery to just those things that you have seen. There is always hope for something more.
SoonerStormchaser
1/27/2011, 12:17 AM
Laurie Dhue was another one...
SicEmBaylor
1/27/2011, 12:23 AM
No love for CNN's Candy Crawley? She even has a stripper name!
2121Sooner
1/27/2011, 12:45 PM
No love for CNN's Candy Crawley? She even has a stripper name!

http://souptonutz.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/crowley2.jpg