Does it matter if a story character lives or dies?: a message experiment comparing survivor and death narratives.
Helen M LillieManusheela PokharelKevin K JohnKatheryn R ChristySean UpshawElizabeth A GiorgiJakob D JensenPublished in: Psychology & health (2021)
Compared to survivor narratives, death narratives increase intentions to engage in sun safe behaviour. The findings offer support for character death as a key feature of narrative persuasion, and narrative transportation and counterarguing as important mediational pathways.
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