Impact of negative advertising on evaluations of political candidates: The 1993 Canadian federal election

Haddock, Geoffrey ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5293-2772 and Zanna, M. P. 1997. Impact of negative advertising on evaluations of political candidates: The 1993 Canadian federal election. Basic and Applied Social Psychology 19 (2) , pp. 205-223. 10.1207/s15324834basp1902_4

Full text not available from this repository.

Abstract

We investigated the effects of negative political advertising on evaluations of political party leaders. During the 1993 Canadian federal election, the Progressive Conservative party aired two advertisements highlighting the facial paralysis of Liberal leader Jean Chretien. A sample of 110 university students completed measures of attitudes, affective responses, and cognitive responses concerning Conservative leader Kim Campbell and Jean Chretien either before or after the airing of the advertisements. The results revealed that evaluations of Chretien became more positive after the broadcast of the advertisements, whereas evaluations of Campbell became more negative. A content analysis of participants' open-ended affective responses and stereotypic beliefs showed that those who participated after the advertisements' broadcast were (a) more likely to list positive feelings and attributes about Chretien and (b) more likely to list negative feelings about Campbell compared to those who participated beforehand.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Psychology
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology J Political Science > JA Political science (General)
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
ISSN:	0197-3533
Last Modified:	21 Oct 2022 09:02
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/35122

Citation Data

Cited 44 times in Scopus. View in Scopus. Powered By Scopus® Data

Actions (repository staff only)

Edit Item