Effects of Goal Framing and Emotions on Perceived Threat and Willingness to Sacrifice for Climate Change

Bilandzić, Helena; Kalch, Anja; Soentgen, Jens

doi:10.1177/1075547017718553

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“…Framing is among the most heavily referenced paradigms used to guide communication research, and gain-loss framing is among the most frequently employed framing strategies across a wide variety of communication contexts. From health communication campaigns that integrate framed messages to increase compliance with organ donation (e.g., Reinhart, Marshall, Feeley, & Tutzauer, 2007) and anti-smoking interventions (e.g., Zhao & Nan, 2010), to the framing of political statements regarding equal protection and free speech (e.g., Kimble & Wiener, 2016), to marketing campaigns designed to encourage travel (e.g., Seo & Dillard, 2016), to science communication messages designed to promote earthquake preparedness (e.g., Marti, Stauffacher, Matthes, & Wiemer, 2018) or willingness to sacrifice for climate change (e.g., Bilandzic, Kalch, & Soentgen, 2017), gain-loss framing has been embraced by researchers as a potentially powerful persuasive message construction.…”

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Can Emotions Capture the Elusive Gain-Loss Framing Effect? A Meta-Analysis

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Walter

Oshidary

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Communication Research

108

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Although recent streams of research have suggested that emotions play a key role in generating framing effects, little is known about the affective dimension of gain and loss framing and its potential impact on persuasion. The current study adopted a meta-analytical approach, synthesizing over 30 years of literature ( k = 25, N = 5,772), to investigate this issue. The results indicate that message frame type directs the emotional response elicited in the audience, with gain frames inducing positive emotions ( d = .31, p = .02) and loss frames inducing negative emotions ( d = .22, p = .001). In turn, the experience of positive emotions enhances the influence of gain frames ( b = .18, p = .045), whereas negative emotions augment the effects of loss frames ( b = −.70, p = .01). These findings confirm that emotional responses may offer a pathway through which gain- and loss-framed messages exert persuasive influence. The study integrates the results with the emotions-as-frames perspective and proposes several promising avenues for future research.

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Can Emotions Capture the Elusive Gain-Loss Framing Effect? A Meta-Analysis

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Walter

Oshidary

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“…In the current situation, the focus is on death-prevention and on preventing from infection with the Corona virus, which can in part explain the sheer one-sided focus and news coverage on this perspective. Prior research has focused on the persuasive effectiveness of messages, especially for promoting health behaviors ( Rothman et al, 1993 ; Levin et al, 1998 ), and willingness to sacrifice for the greater good ( Bilandzic et al, 2017 ). This mechanism will also be sustained by mortality salience.…”

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For the Greater Good? The Devastating Ripple Effects of the Covid-19 Crisis

Schippers

2020

Front. Psychol.

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As the crisis around Covid-19 evolves, it becomes clear that there are numerous negative side-effects of the lockdown strategies implemented by many countries. Currently, more evidence becomes available that the lockdowns may have more negative effects than positive effects. For instance, many measures taken in a lockdown aimed at protecting human life may compromise the immune system, and purpose in life, especially of vulnerable groups. This leads to the paradoxical situation of compromising the immune system and physical and mental health of many people, including the ones we aim to protect. Also, it is expected that hundreds of millions of people will die from hunger and postponed medical treatments. Other side effects include financial insecurity of billions of people, physical and mental health problems, and increased inequalities. The economic and health repercussions of the crisis will be falling disproportionately on young workers, low-income families and women, and thus exacerbate existing inequalities. As the virus outbreak and media coverage spread fear and anxiety, superstition, cognitive dissonance reduction and conspiracy theories are ways to find meaning and reduce anxiety. These behavioral aspects may play a role in the continuance of lockdown decisions. Based on theories regarding agnotology (i.e., the ways ignorance or doubt about certain topics is created by means of withholding or presenting information in a certain way), social influence, superstition and stress and coping, I seek to explain the social and behavioral aspects of human behavior in times of crises. Both the Covid-19 crisis itself as well as the resulting economic and (mental) health crisis are global problems that may require global solutions. I present a model of drivers and outcomes of lockdown behaviors and offer suggestions and a tool to counteract the negative psychological effects by means of online life crafting therapeutic writing interventions.

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“…Se ha señalado que diferentes enfoques y encuadres pueden hacer variar los efectos de los mensajes sobre cambio climático (Bilandzic, Kalch, & Soentgen, 2017;Feldman & Hart, 2018) y que estas diferencias en el tratamiento de la noticia pueden provocar efectos distintos en las actitudes e intenciones de los usuarios . Así, puesto que los usuarios reaccionan de manera diferente ante distintos encuadres (Lee, Chang, & Chen, 2017) es necesario que estudios posteriores comparen las respuestas de los participantes ante varios estímulos que incluyan distintos enfoques.…”

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Emociones y difusión de noticias sobre el cambio climático en redes sociales. Influencia de hábitos, actitudes previas y usos y gratificaciones en universitarios

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Sierra

2020

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Introducción: Esta investigación analiza la influencia que ejercen las emociones a la hora de decidir si se comparten las noticias sobre el cambio climático en redes sociales. Se estudia la función moderadora de los hábitos mediáticos, las actitudes previas y los usos y gratificaciones en esa decisión. Metodología: Se remitió un cuestionario online a una muestra de estudiantes universitarios de distintas titulaciones y centros de la Comunidad de Madrid. Los datos obtenidos fueron tratados estadísticamente según los modelos de regresión lineal simple y múltiple, de regresión logística simple y múltiple, y de regresión ordinal simple y múltiple. Resultados: El miedo y la rabia influyen en que una noticia relativa al cambio climático se comparta o no. La búsqueda de información, el consumo de noticias y el grado de preocupación previa son factores que moderan esa influencia.

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Effects of Goal Framing and Emotions on Perceived Threat and Willingness to Sacrifice for Climate Change

Cited by 107 publications

References 63 publications

Can Emotions Capture the Elusive Gain-Loss Framing Effect? A Meta-Analysis

Can Emotions Capture the Elusive Gain-Loss Framing Effect? A Meta-Analysis

For the Greater Good? The Devastating Ripple Effects of the Covid-19 Crisis

Emociones y difusión de noticias sobre el cambio climático en redes sociales. Influencia de hábitos, actitudes previas y usos y gratificaciones en universitarios

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