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Graphs persuade some more than others

Sometimes the easiest way to persuade people is the simplest. Just including a graph as a peripheral cue convinced almost all (96 per cent) subjects of a recent study compared to just… Read more »

Communication    persuasion, visualisation

Sensible efforts to curb harmful comments on social media can backfire

What can social media platforms do to limit the amount of damaging information being shared on their sites? The increasing rise of social media has no doubt helped families and… Read more »

Communication    misinformation, social media

Bullshit is manipulative – at least for some

Many people are impressed by profound-sounding ‘bullshit’. That’s the finding of a study released this week with the impressive title On the reception and detection of pseudo-profound bullshit, published in Judgement and… Read more »

Communication    misinformation

Media primes have a dose response effect like poisons

People who are repeatedly exposed to a biased message often quickly disbelieve it according to new research published by the Journal of Communication Research this week. A study of 351… Read more »

Communication    media, priming

Why opinion trumps facts

Humans are lazy. We do what we can to protect our daily allotment of thinking resources – and that means trying not to invest too much energy into thinking if… Read more »

Communication    ELM, political communication

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