On Thu, 14 Oct 2010 14:56 -0700, "glen e. p. ropella" <[email protected]> wrote: > I'll say that it would be > interesting to study the extent to which "attack" or "negative" > political ads lower the credibility of their target versus when (beyond > what threshold) they actually lower the credibility of the supposed > beneficiary. Does anyone know of any studies that target that sort of > "blowback"?
Another dimension -- various watchdog groups report on the veracity of the attack ads, and these get reported on the news occasionally. It would also be interesting to see if this kind of "objective reporting" influences the degree to which people believe the attacks and/or how it affects the relative credibility mudslinger and muddied. davew > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org > ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
