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The Elaboration Likelihood Model and Communication About Food Risks
Author(s) -
Frewer Lynn J.,
Howard Chaya,
Hedderley Duncan,
Shepherd Richard
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
risk analysis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.972
H-Index - 130
eISSN - 1539-6924
pISSN - 0272-4332
DOI - 10.1111/j.1539-6924.1997.tb01281.x
Subject(s) - elaboration likelihood model , credibility , source credibility , hazard , elaboration , psychology , persuasive communication , risk perception , risk communication , perception , social psychology , information processing , applied psychology , persuasion , environmental health , cognitive psychology , medicine , political science , philosophy , chemistry , organic chemistry , neuroscience , humanities , law
Factors such as hazard type and source credibility have been identified as important in the establishment of effective strategies for risk communication. The elaboration likelihood model was adapted to investigate the potential impact of hazard type, information source, and persuasive content of information on individual engagement in elaborative, or thoughtful, cognitions about risk messages. One hundred sixty respondents were allocated to one of eight experimental groups, and the effects of source credibility, persuasive content of information and hazard type were systematically varied. The impact of the different factors on beliefs about the information and elaborative processing examined. Low credibility was particularly important in reducing risk perceptions, although persuasive content and hazard type were also influential in determining whether elaborative processing occurred.