Need for Closure Moderates the Break in the Message Effect
Dariusz Doliński , Dolińska Barbara , Yoram Bar-Tal
Abstract
Cutting the message into smaller portions is a common practice in the media. Typically such messages consist of a headline followed by a story elaboration. In a series of studies Dolinski and Kofta (2001) have shown that such a break in the message increases the effect of the information provided in the headline over that of a story which actually contained information inconsistent with that headline. A possible explanation of this effect, based on the concept of the need for cognitive closure, is presented in the article. The experiment shows that break-in-the-message effect is found mainly for participants with high need for closure but not for those with low such need.Author | |||||
Journal series | Frontiers in Psychology, ISSN 1664-1078, (A 35 pkt) | ||||
Issue year | 2016 | ||||
Vol | 7 | ||||
No | 1879 | ||||
Pages | 1-5 | ||||
Publication size in sheets | 0.5 | ||||
Keywords in English | mass-media, social influence, cognitive structuring, moral judgments | ||||
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DOI | DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01879 | ||||
URL | http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01879/full | ||||
Language | en angielski | ||||
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Score (nominal) | 35 | ||||
Publication indicators | : 2016 = 1.006; : 2016 = 2.323 (2) - 2016=2.822 (5) | ||||
Citation count* | 3 (2021-03-05) |
* presented citation count is obtained through Internet information analysis and it is close to the number calculated by the Publish or Perish system.
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