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Appel, Markus; Maleckar, Barbara – Human Communication Research, 2012
The present research examined the role of personality factors and paratextual information about the reliability of a story on its persuasiveness. Study 1 (N = 135) was focused on recipients' explicit expectations about the trustworthiness/usefulness and the immersiveness/entertainment value of stories introduced as nonfiction, fiction, or fake.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Persuasive Discourse, Story Telling, Nonfiction