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The Role of Causality in Information Acceptance in Narratives: An Example From Science Communication
Abstract
Narratives represent a powerful and ubiquitous form of communication that influence what individuals believe about the world. While the field of narrative persuasion investigates how narratives affect attitudes and behaviors, it rarely considers structural variables discussed in the field of discourse psychology. This study examines the utility of bridging these fields by testing the persuasive influence of novel science information relative to the internal causal structure of a narrative. Results suggest that information placed at causal locations of a narrative result in greater acceptance of information than the same information placed at noncausal locations within the same narrative. These findings suggest that the within-narrative variable of causality can influence the persuasive impact of information inserted into a narrative. In response, this study identifies a significant source of variance that has thus far been overlooked in studies of narrative persuasion.
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“Causal junctures aid meaning making because they leverage the causal logic of the story to convey which information is valuable and show possible ways to make sense of the story world (Dahlstrom, 2010).”
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“In one study (Dahlstrom, 2010), scientific assertions placed at causal locations of a narrative resulted in greater levels of acceptance of information than the same assertions placed at noncausal locations within the same narrative.”
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“Specifically, the information at causal locations was perceived as more truthful in the real world than the same information placed at noncausal locations.”
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“Second, stories represent causal relations that people then use to make sense of the world (Dahlstrom, 2010; Eliaz & Spiegler, 2020; Kendall & Charles, 2022).”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Dahlstrom, M. F.
- Affiliations
- Iowa State University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Dahlstrom, Michael F.
- Venue
- Communication Research
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2010-06-16
- Volume
- 37
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 857-875
- ISSN
- 0093-6502 (ISSN-L)
- 1552-3810
- OpenAlex
- W2055350541
- Cited by
- 135
- References
- 83
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 111.54
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Communication Research (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Communication › Media Influence and Health
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Literature and Literary Theory › Narrative Theory and Analysis
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Social and Intergroup Psychology
- Keywords
- narrative persuasion, causality, information acceptance, science communication, discursive psychology, persuasive influence
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