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JOURNAL OF COMMUNICATION
Volume 70, Issue 4, Pages 473-496Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1093/joc/jqaa017
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Narrative Persuasion; Narrative versus Non-narrative Messages; Transportation; Long-term Effects; Meta-Analysis
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This meta-analysis builds on the broad and diverse research on the persuasive effects of narrative communication. Researchers have found that narratives are a particularly effective type of message that often has greater persuasive effects than non-narratives immediately after exposure. The present study meta-analyzes whether this greater persuasive power persists over time. Results are based on k(1) = 14 studies with k(2) = 51 effect sizes for immediate measurement (N = 2,834) and k(2) = 66 effect sizes for delayed measurement (N = 2,459). They show that a single narrative message has a stronger persuasive impact than a non-narrative message on attitudes and intentions at immediate as well as on attitudes, intentions, and behaviors at delayed measurement. Both message types did not differently affect the participants' beliefs. Meta-analytic structural equation modeling confirms transportation as a mediator of immediate persuasive effects.
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