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Hellweg, Susan A. – 1978
Undertaken in conjunction with the 1976 presidential election, this study examined perceptions of Gerald R. Ford against conceptualizations of the ideal political candidate. Questionnaires were administered to 321 undergraduates (both Republicans and Democrats) in order to measure perceived credibility and homophily of the ideal candidate and of…
Descriptors: College Students, Credibility, Elections, Political Affiliation
Hellweg, Susan A. – 1977
A study was designed to investigate the consequences of various coding strategies on the semantic differential as a function of responses to an ideal source in the prediction of overall credibility and homophily. The study was also intended to provide additional evidence for the disconfirmation of the underlying extremity assumption of the…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Credibility, Elections, Measurement Techniques