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Touching Tales for Touchy Topics? Engaging Contentious Issues Through Narrative Persuasion- [electronic resource]
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자료유형  
 학위논문파일 국외
최종처리일시  
20240214101638
ISBN  
9798380145107
DDC  
384
저자명  
Brooks, John J.
서명/저자  
Touching Tales for Touchy Topics? Engaging Contentious Issues Through Narrative Persuasion - [electronic resource]
발행사항  
[S.l.]: : Northwestern University., 2023
발행사항  
Ann Arbor : : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses,, 2023
형태사항  
1 online resource(160 p.)
주기사항  
Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 85-02, Section: A.
주기사항  
Advisor: Walter, Nathan.
학위논문주기  
Thesis (Ph.D.)--Northwestern University, 2023.
사용제한주기  
This item must not be sold to any third party vendors.
초록/해제  
요약Scholarly inquiry has yielded a wealth of evidence in support of narrative-based strategies for persuasion, and yet support for this approach is less consistent in relation to contentious or controversial issues. To better understand why this might be the case, the first part of this dissertation reports a theoretically-guided content analysis of narrative representations of abortion on U.S. streaming services (N = 136). Following the predictions of social cognitive theory, the extended elaboration likelihood model, and the model of narrative comprehension and engagement, the content analysis offers insight into how the features of these representations might shape the audience's involvement with the narrative and its characters and subsequently influence their perspective on reproductive rights. Following this analysis, I offer recommendations for how storytellers might better utilize these theories to engage with abortion decision-making in a fashion that maximizes the potential for involvement and minimizes unintended stigma.To test whether these predictions regarding the relationship between narrative/character features and involvement hold true in practice, the content analysis is followed by an experimental study that examines the influence of two key contextual features of abortion narratives. Using a 3 (character disposition) x 2 (consent status) design (N = 438), the study tests the impact of a storyline from the television show 13 Reasons Why. By manipulating both the context of the sexual encounter (a narrative feature) and the affective disposition toward the main character (a character feature), the experiment sought to better understand the role such contextual features play in shaping audience response directly as well as through their influence on identification. The findings indicate a need for caution in presenting controversial issues on screen: a worrying asymmetry emerged, where negative context promoted less favorable attitudes while positive context had no observable effect. Accordingly, abortion depictions could potentially contribute to anti-abortion sentiments if focal characters are not presented sympathetically.In light of the findings from the content analysis and experiment, I conducted an additional experiment utilizing a 2 (anecdotal evidence) x 2 (statistical evidence) design (N = 403) that contrasts narrative and non-narrative approaches to persuasion regarding contentious topics. Specifically, I consider the differential influences of statistical and anecdotal evidence in order to propose a "blended narrative" format that utilizes both forms of evidence to potentially maximize the impact on a broader array of message-consistent outcomes. The study also proposes that individual differences (need for cognition, need for affect, prior attitudes) might play a moderating role in the processing of these messages, in addition to examining whether there are differences in cognitive/emotional evaluations of the messages. The findings further gesture toward the challenges of persuasion when dealing with polarized topics, while also highlighting potential advantages of the blended narrative format that might be explored through future research. Following the presentation of these three studies, the theoretical and practical implications of their findings are discussed.
일반주제명  
Communication.
일반주제명  
Mass communications.
키워드  
Abortion
키워드  
Media effects
키워드  
Message format
키워드  
Narrative persuasion
기타저자  
Northwestern University Media Technology and Society
기본자료저록  
Dissertations Abstracts International. 85-02A.
기본자료저록  
Dissertation Abstract International
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■520    ▼aScholarly  inquiry  has  yielded  a  wealth  of  evidence  in  support  of  narrative-based  strategies  for  persuasion,  and  yet  support  for  this  approach  is  less  consistent  in  relation  to  contentious  or  controversial  issues.  To  better  understand  why  this  might  be  the  case,  the  first  part  of  this  dissertation  reports  a  theoretically-guided  content  analysis  of  narrative  representations  of  abortion  on  U.S.  streaming  services  (N  =  136).  Following  the  predictions  of  social  cognitive  theory,  the  extended  elaboration  likelihood  model,  and  the  model  of  narrative  comprehension  and  engagement,  the  content  analysis  offers  insight  into  how  the  features  of  these  representations  might  shape  the  audience's  involvement  with  the  narrative  and  its  characters  and  subsequently  influence  their  perspective  on  reproductive  rights.  Following  this  analysis,  I  offer  recommendations  for  how  storytellers  might  better  utilize  these  theories  to  engage  with  abortion  decision-making  in  a  fashion  that  maximizes  the  potential  for  involvement  and  minimizes  unintended  stigma.To  test  whether  these  predictions  regarding  the  relationship  between  narrative/character  features  and  involvement  hold  true  in  practice,  the  content  analysis  is  followed  by  an  experimental  study  that  examines  the  influence  of  two  key  contextual  features  of  abortion  narratives.  Using  a  3  (character  disposition)  x  2  (consent  status)  design  (N  =  438),  the  study  tests  the  impact  of  a  storyline  from  the  television  show  13  Reasons  Why.  By  manipulating  both  the  context  of  the  sexual  encounter  (a  narrative  feature)  and  the  affective  disposition  toward  the  main  character  (a  character  feature),  the  experiment  sought  to  better  understand  the  role  such  contextual  features  play  in  shaping  audience  response  directly  as  well  as  through  their  influence  on  identification.  The  findings  indicate  a  need  for  caution  in  presenting  controversial  issues  on  screen:  a  worrying  asymmetry  emerged,  where  negative  context  promoted  less  favorable  attitudes  while  positive  context  had  no  observable  effect.  Accordingly,  abortion  depictions  could  potentially  contribute  to  anti-abortion  sentiments  if  focal  characters  are  not  presented  sympathetically.In  light  of  the  findings  from  the  content  analysis  and  experiment,  I  conducted  an  additional  experiment  utilizing  a  2  (anecdotal  evidence)  x  2  (statistical  evidence)  design  (N  =  403)  that  contrasts  narrative  and  non-narrative  approaches  to  persuasion  regarding  contentious  topics.  Specifically,  I  consider  the  differential  influences  of  statistical  and  anecdotal  evidence  in  order  to  propose  a  "blended  narrative"  format  that  utilizes  both  forms  of  evidence  to  potentially  maximize  the  impact  on  a  broader  array  of  message-consistent  outcomes.  The  study  also  proposes  that  individual  differences  (need  for  cognition,  need  for  affect,  prior  attitudes)  might  play  a  moderating  role  in  the  processing  of  these  messages,  in  addition  to  examining  whether  there  are  differences  in  cognitive/emotional  evaluations  of  the  messages.  The  findings  further  gesture  toward  the  challenges  of  persuasion  when  dealing  with  polarized  topics,  while  also  highlighting  potential  advantages  of  the  blended  narrative  format  that  might  be  explored  through  future  research.  Following  the  presentation  of  these  three  studies,  the  theoretical  and  practical  implications  of  their  findings  are  discussed.
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