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Message Scrutiny

Message Scrutiny is a cognitive process within the Elaboration Likelihood Model that refers to the extent and depth of an individual’s systematic evaluation of an argument’s content, quality, and structure in forming attitude judgments.

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2017–2026

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Variants

Argument ScrutinyMessage Elaboration

Parents

Publications

44

Positive mood can increase or decrease message scrutiny: The hedonic contingency view of mood and message processing.

Duane T. Wegener, Richard E. Petty, Stephen Michael Smith · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · 1995 · 410 citations

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Matching Versus Mismatching Attitude Functions: Implications for Scrutiny of Persuasive Messages

Richard E. Petty, Duane T. Wegener · Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin · 1998 · 351 citations

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Source Attributions and Persuasion: Perceived Honesty as a Determinant of Message Scrutiny

Joseph R. Priester, Richard E. Petty · Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin · 1995 · 345 citations

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Positive mood can increase or decrease message scrutiny: The hedonic contingency view of mood and message processing.

Duane T. Wegener, Richard E. Petty, Stephen Michael Smith · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · 1995 · 324 citations

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Effects of message Repetition on Argument Processing, Recall, and Persuasion

John T. Cacioppo, Richard E. Petty · Basic and Applied Social Psychology · 1989 · 313 citations

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Authors

86

  1. RE
    Richard E. Petty

    The Ohio State University, United States

    12 publications · 2.6K citations

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  2. DT
    Duane T. Wegener

    The Ohio State University, United States

    4 publications · 1.2K citations

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  3. MD
    Michael Diehl

    Rice University, United States

    4 publications · 123 citations

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  4. RZ
    René Ziegler

    University of Tübingen, Germany

    4 publications · 123 citations

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  5. PH
    Paul H. White

    University of Utah, United States

    3 publications · 185 citations

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Institutions

46

  1. The Ohio State University

    Columbus, United States

    7 h-index

    8 publications

    1.1K citations

  2. University of Tübingen

    Tübingen, Germany

    4 h-index

    9 publications

    259 citations

  3. University of Delaware

    Newark, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    410 citations

  4. Bielefeld University

    Bielefeld, Germany

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    115 citations

  5. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    2 h-index

    7 publications

    587 citations

  6. University of Iowa

    Iowa City, United States

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    537 citations

  7. Purdue University West Lafayette

    West Lafayette, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    446 citations

  8. Systems, Applications & Products in Data Processing (United Kingdom)

    London, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    115 citations

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Venues

  1. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

    PSPB · 8 publications · 1K citations

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  2. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

    7 publications · 1.2K citations

    7

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  3. Basic and Applied Social Psychology

    5 publications · 509 citations

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  4. Social Cognition

    2 publications · 161 citations

    2

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  5. Media Psychology

    MP · 2 publications · 311 citations

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