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Download full textGruner, Charles R. – 1995
Literati differ markedly on whether satire is persuasive. Accordingly, a study tested whether partisans of a political candidate would fail to perceive the thesis of satire ridiculing their candidate; further, it tested whether they would perceive the thesis of satire ridiculing an opposing candidate. Subjects, students at the University of…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Persuasive Discourse, Political Attitudes, Political Candidates
