An experiment compared one-sided and two-sided propaganda presentations for preparing high school students to resist subsequent counter-propaganda¶

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Currency · newest study 1953 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

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q2 i? The study compared a one-sided communication, concentrating exclusively on arguments supporting the communicator's position, with a two-sided communication that also included discussion and refutation of opposing arguments, using four experimental groups of high school students. → Audio-Visual Communication Review 1953

Evidence¶

Audio-Visual Communication Review 1953¶

Audio-Visual Communication Review. (1953). Audio-Visual Communication Review, 158. https://eric.ed.gov/

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The digest's Procedure section for the Lumsdaine and Janis study, which aimed to compare the effectiveness of the two communication types in preparing individuals to resist subsequent propaganda. The digest page ends mid-sentence, so no results are printed.

"The one-sided and the two-sided communications were transcribed as "radio programs." Four experimental groups were used, composed of high school students. All groups were given an initial questionnaire as a part"

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