Surprising Events and Surprising Opinions
The Importance of Attitude Strength and Source Credibility
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6284144 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Philip Paolino (0000-0002-5452-3902, University of North Texas, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 61 |
| Issue | 8 |
| Pages | 1795-1815 |
| Publication date | 2017-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Conflict Resolution (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-0027 • E-ISSN: 1552-8766 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0022002715616167 |
| OpenAlex | W2466394305 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 36 |
The academic debate concerning public opinion about war focuses upon two explanations: cost/benefits and partisan cues. Both sides of this debate use laboratory experiments to estimate the influence of events and cues, but Gelpi is notable for using a well-designed experiment to compare the theories simultaneously. He argues that his results support the cost/benefits explanation as “surprising events” that counter individuals’ prior attitudes have significantly more effect than “surprising opinions” upon people’s attitudes toward the Iraq War. His analysis, however, considers only the direction, but not the strength, of people’s attitudes toward the war. Additionally, the measure of source credibility for determining the influence of cues is not optimal. When the analysis accounts for attitude strength and uses a better measure of source credibility, the results show little support for the effect of surprising events and markedly greater support for the influence of partisan cues
Credibility · Economics · Measure (data warehouse · Political science · Politics · Positive economics · Public opinion · Public relations · Public support · Source credibility · Computer Science · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Law · Media Influence and Politics · Psychology · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Psychology
The Nature and Origins of Mass Opinion
In Time of War
Paying the Human Costs of War
Myth of the Independent Voter
The Persuasiveness of Source Credibility
Source Attributions and Persuasion
The Iraq War, Partisanship, and Candidate Attributes
The Electoral Cost of War
Who Influences U.S. Foreign Policy
Assuming the Costs of War
Theoretical and Empirical Implications of Attitude Strength
Participation, Policy Preferences, and the War in Vietnam
When Corrections Fail
Iraq the Vote
Public opinion and heuristic processing of source cues
Performing on Cue? The Formation of Public Opinion Toward War
When War Hits Home
Don’t Let Them Die in Vain
Reality Asserts Itself
Party Polarization in American Politics
Motivated Skepticism in the Evaluation of Political Beliefs
Certainty or Accessibility
Causal inferences about communicators and their effect on opinion change
Attitude strength
Referendum
Trends in Popular Support for the Wars in Korea and Vietnam
The Multiple Effects of Casualties on Public Support for War
Altering the Foundations of Support for the President Through Priming
Foreign Affairs and Issue Voting
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,33 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2024 (8) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |