This article develops a model to explain contradictory findings on the effects of repeated exposure to persuasive communication. The model’s starting point is the repetition frequency of a given stimulus. This determines - in interaction with...
On contemporary online news sites, readers are simultaneously exposed to journalistic articles and social reactions toward these messages. Two online experiments (N = 252) addressed whether negative user reactions can attenuate the persuasive...
On the basis of four focus group discussions (N = 32) that were conducted in June 2015, the present study investigates the attribution and assessment of corporate responsibility by citizens. To obtain more differentiated insight into the attribution...