Few constructs have been as touted or as contested as threat in inoculation theory. But it is important to clarify that the contested status of threat is relatively recent in…
Few constructs have been as touted or as contested as threat in inoculation theory. Josh Compton For years, scholars of the inoculation theory of resistance to influence have…
And in the end—this pseudo-medical treatment that takes the form of logical analysis is intended to result in more robust, more resilient knowledge structures—of a critical rebuttal of…
How therapeutic inoculations work needs more attention. Based on the logic of prophylactic inoculations—in medicine and in persuasion—it is likely that therapeutic inoculations take a different route(s) than…
Affect is part of the process of inoculation-conferred resistance to influence—but exactly what part, and when, and under what conditions, and with whom, and against what, and, in…
My current take on the analogy debate is this: The inoculation analogy is both limiting and flexible enough. Josh Compton After Michael Pfau and I offered what was,…
This theory-driven method of fine-tuning the basic inoculation model should help to sustain and enrich inoculation as an active and dynamic theory of resistance to attitude change. Claude…
A byproduct of our study design is the idea that asking people to con- sider awareness of potential vulnerability of their positions may boost threat and resistance, suggesting…
This theory-driven method of fine-tuning the basic inoculation model should help to sustain and enrich inoculation as an active and dynamic theory of resistance to attitude change. Bobi…