| Autor: |
Banas JA; Department of Communication, University of Oklahoma., Bessarabova E; Department of Communication, University of Oklahoma., Penkauskas MC; Department of Communication, University of Oklahoma., Talbert N; Department of Communication, University of Oklahoma. |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Zdroj: |
Health communication [Health Commun] 2024 Aug; Vol. 39 (9), pp. 1760-1768. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Jul 25. |
| DOI: |
10.1080/10410236.2023.2235733 |
| Abstrakt: |
This study examined the efficacy of inoculation treatments in preventing anti-vaccination propaganda. Study predictions were tested in an independent-group experiment ( N = 165), wherein participants were randomly assigned to a fact-based inoculation or a logic-based inoculation or a control message, with an excerpt from an anti-vaccination conspiracy film, Vaxxed , used as a counterattitudinal attack message. The results indicated that both inoculation treatments (fact-based and logic-based) were effective at instilling resistance to counter-persuasion, as compared to the control condition, and both types of inoculation messages were equal in their potential to facilitate resistance. In addition, we tested whether inoculating participants against an anti-vaccination conspiracy would help prevent the endorsement of other conspiracy theories. The data revealed that inoculating against one type of a conspiracy did not foster protection against other types of conspiratorial ideas, and, similar to previous research, endorsing one type of a conspiracy theory was positively associated with the endorsement of other conspiracies. These and other results are discussed along with their implications, limitations, and future research directions. |
| Databáze: |
MEDLINE |
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