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How the FDA Manipulates the Media
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has been arm-twisting journalists into relinquishing their reportorial independence, our investigation reveals. Other institutions are following suit
It was...
Why Journalists Should Stop Publishing Studies Conducted With Mice
When it comes to determining what will make humans healthy and disease-free, research involving mice has had remarkably few successes.
On a near-daily basis, the...
A Meta-Analysis of Fear Appeals: Implications for Effective Public Health Campaigns
The fear appeal literature is examined in a comprehensive synthesis using meta-analytical techniques.
The meta-analysis suggests that strong fear appeals produce high levels of...
Fifteen Years of Fear Arousal: Research on Threat Appeals: 1953 – 1968
Research on threat appeals has yielded conflicting findings concerning the relative effectiveness of high threat versus low threat in persuasion.
Studies reviewed here have investigated...
