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Inoculation theory is a theory of resistance to influence that builds on analogous relationships with medical vaccination. In short: Exposure to weakened forms of challenges motivates resistance to…
Inoculation theory explains how a position can be made more resistant to change in ways similar to how a body can be made more resistant to viruses: through…
Mason, A. M., Compton, J., & Spencer, E. A. (2023). Understanding individual differences in the dimensions of ‘vestedness’ within Midwestern populations toward the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) during early-stage…
Rhetorical analysis is a productive way to (1) establish that inoculation theory exists in practice; (2) identify specific components of inoculation theory at work in such rhetoric; and…
By simply addressing the top six error types (i.e., low contrast, linked images missing ALT texts and form labels, empty buttons and empty links), online environmental information providers…
Inoculation theory of resistance to influence. Cambridge University, Cambridge, UK, August 31, 2022.
Inoculation is a powerful approach to communicating climate–preempting rather than reacting to misinformation. JOSH COMPTON Inoculation theory and climate communication. Dartmouth Symposium on Climate, Energy and Society. Irving…
Amidst a worldwide “infodemic,” we contend that the study and application of inoculation theory has never been more relevant and exciting for social psychologists and communication scholars than…
Narrative has been part of inoculation theory’s story for quite some time now, including the use of stories in inoculation treatment messages and narratives used as attack messages….