POLI 361 Lecture 23: nov 26
10 Dec 2018
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Persuasion: people convinced of different ideas abt other. Behaviours that are appropriate (about social costs and. Beliefs about facts regarding other ethnic group/ethnic issues. More attention and involvement, when there is a narrative. Can lead to more persuasion due to personal investment in story. Shows alter perceived socially desirable norms (e. g. , how widely they are used) Shows provide basis for real-life conversations (diffuse norms further) It also has characters doing thing, a plot, where we watch them doing their things. So we aren"t just getting the norm, but also the behaviours that follow that norm . She exposed them to 2 different soap-operas addressing ethnic cooperation, post-genocide. Locals cross ethnic lines to defy leaders encouraging violence. Beliefs: violence based on psychological responses, lack of independent thought and dissent, insufficient group interactions . Norms: positive portrayal of interethnic cooperation, expression of dissent . One group that was a treatment group got exposed to a talk show after
