Persuasion in Parallel: How Information Changes Minds about Politics

Description

Product ID:	9780226821849
Product Form:	Paperback / softback
Country of Manufacture:	GB
Series:	Chicago Studies in American Politics
Title:	Persuasion in Parallel
Subtitle:	How Information Changes Minds about Politics
Authors:	Author: Alexander Coppock
Page Count:	216
Subjects:	Politics and government, Politics & government
Description:	A bold re-examination of how political attitudes change in response to information. 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.
Imprint Name:	University of Chicago Press
Publisher Name:	The University of Chicago Press
Country of Publication:	GB
Publishing Date:	2023-01-20

Weight	320 g
Dimensions	152 × 229 × 14 mm