Bibliograph

Persuasion in parallel, how information changes minds about politics, Alexander Coppock

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Persuasion in parallel, how information changes minds about politics, Alexander Coppock

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Persuasion in parallel

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1304339660

Responsibility statement

Alexander Coppock

Series statement

Chicago studies in American politics

Sub title

how information changes minds about politics

Summary

"Many mistakenly believe that it is fruitless to try to persuade those who disagree with them about politics. However, Persuasion in Parallel shows that individuals do, in fact, change their minds in response to information, with partisans on either side of the political aisle updating their views roughly in parallel. This book challenges the dominant view that persuasive information can often backfire because people are supposedly motivated to reason against information they dislike. Drawing on evidence from a series of randomized controlled trials, the book shows that the backfire response is rare to nonexistent. Instead, it shows that most everyone updates in the direction of information, at least a little bit. The political upshot of this work is that the other side is not lost. Even messages we don't like can move us in the right direction"--, Provided by publisher

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