The Force of the Argument Source: A survey experiment on the evaluation of political arguments

• In Event: Persuasion

Brief Overview

We conducted a survey experiment on the evaluation of arguments. Respondents were assigned into four conditions: an anonymous source, an impartial source, a partial source, and a reluctant source. Impartial sources gave rise to highest scores.

Authors

• Kaisa Maria Herne, University of Tampere

• Elina Kestilä-Kekkonen, University of Turku

• Laura Mattinen, University of Tampere

• Josefina Sipinen, University of Tampere