A Source Like Any Other? : Field and Survey Experiment Evidence on How Interest Groups Shape Public Opinion
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Journal of Communication ; 71 (2021), 2. - pp. 276-304. - Oxford University Press (OUP). - ISSN 0021-9916. - eISSN 1460-2466
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Interest groups increasingly communicate with the public, yet we know little abouthow effective they are in shaping opinions. Since interest groups differ from otherpublic communicators, we propose a theory of interest group persuasion. Interestgroups typically have a low public profile, and so most people are unlikely to havestrong attitudes regarding them. Source-related predispositions, such as credibilityassessments, are therefore less relevant in moderating effects of persuasive appeals byinterest groups than those of high-profile communicators. We test this argument inmultiple large-scale studies. A parallel survey and field experiment (N¼4,659) estab-lishes the persuasive potential of low-profile interest groups in both controlled and re-alistic settings. An observational study (N¼700) shows that substantial portions ofthe public are unable to assess interest group credibility. A survey experiment(N¼8,245) demonstrates that credibility assessments moderate the impact of partybut not interest group communication.
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Persuasion, Interest Groups, Political Communication, Source Credibility, FieldExperiments, Survey Experiments
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JUNGHERR, Andreas, Alexander WUTTKE, Matthias MADER, Harald SCHOEN, 2021. A Source Like Any Other? : Field and Survey Experiment Evidence on How Interest Groups Shape Public Opinion. In: Journal of Communication. Oxford University Press (OUP). 71(2), pp. 276-304. ISSN 0021-9916. eISSN 1460-2466. Available under: doi: 10.1093/joc/jqab005BibTex
@article{Jungherr2021-04-25Sourc-54024, year={2021}, doi={10.1093/joc/jqab005}, title={A Source Like Any Other? : Field and Survey Experiment Evidence on How Interest Groups Shape Public Opinion}, number={2}, volume={71}, issn={0021-9916}, journal={Journal of Communication}, pages={276--304}, author={Jungherr, Andreas and Wuttke, Alexander and Mader, Matthias and Schoen, Harald} }
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