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Transportation Theory

Transportation Theory is a psychological framework within narrative persuasion that explains how individuals become immersed in a story through vivid mental imagery and emotional engagement, leading to attitude and belief changes by virtue of their cognitive and affective absorption in the narrative.

209

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20.7K

Citations

482

Authors

307

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

76

Variants

Narrative Transportation Theory

Parents

Publications

209

The role of transportation in the persuasiveness of public narratives.

Melanie C. Green, Timothy C. Brock · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · 2000 · 3.6K citations

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The role of transportation in the persuasiveness of public narratives.

Melanie C. Green, Timothy C. Brock · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · 2000 · 2.5K citations

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The Extended Transportation-Imagery Model: A Meta-Analysis of the Antecedents and Consequences of Consumers' Narrative Transportation

Tom van Laer, Ko de Ruyter, Luca M. Visconti et al. · Journal of Consumer Research · 2013 · 1.1K citations

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How Does Fiction Reading Influence Empathy? An Experimental Investigation on the Role of Emotional Transportation

P. Matthijs Bal, Martijn Veltkamp · PLoS ONE · 2013 · 570 citations · Full text

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Transportation and traffic theory

J F Mortelmans · European Journal of Operational Research · 1992 · 498 citations

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Authors

482

  1. MC
    Melanie C. Green

    University at Buffalo, State University of New York, United States

    4 publications · 6.5K citations

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  2. RB
    Ray Bert

    High Energy Accelerator Research Organization, Japan

    3 publications · 71 citations

    3

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  3. DB
    David Bissell

    The University of Melbourne, Australia

    3 publications · 205 citations

    3

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  4. MM
    Merrill M. Flood

    University of Michigan, United States

    2 publications · 110 citations

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  5. NC
    Nicola Christie

    University College London, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 56 citations

    2

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Institutions

307

  1. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    171 citations

  2. University of Pisa

    Pisa, Italy

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    388 citations

  3. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    192 citations

  4. University of Tennessee at Knoxville

    Knoxville, United States

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    427 citations

  5. The University of Sydney

    Sydney, Australia

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    157 citations

  6. University of Hong Kong

    Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    105 citations

  7. Texas A&M University

    College Station, United States

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    714 citations

  8. University of Chile

    Santiago, Chile

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    400 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Transport Geography

    6 publications · 616 citations

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  4. Civil engineering

    ACSE · 3 publications · 71 citations

    3

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  5. Mobilities

    3 publications · 159 citations

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