Refutational preemption
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In inoculation theory, refutational preemption consists of “specific content that receivers can employ to strengthen attitudes against subsequent change.”[1]
Overview
Drawing on
arguments supporting the receiver’s attitudes, thus conferring resistance".[2]
Instead of providing the receiver with additional supporting
counterarguments they may encounter in the future that might challenge their held belief. The effectiveness of this inoculation falls off as the level of effort required by the receiver to defend the belief increases.[3]
See also
- Inoculation theory
- Refutation
- William J. McGuire