Changing your political mind: The impact of a metaphor on citizens’ representations and preferences for federalism
Federalism is often presented through metaphors, but little is known about the impact of such metaphors. Two experiments were conducted in Belgium presenting federalism as Tetris – with control and treatment groups – in order to grasp the influence of this metaphor. The first experiment reveals that being exposed to text with the Tetris metaphor influences respondents’ representations of federalism towards a more institutional representation and towards more regional autonomy. The second experiment confirms the importance of the text, and more specifically of the metaphor, if political k... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2018 |
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Informa UK Limited
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Schlagwörter: | Federalism / Belgium / citizens / preferences / conceptual metaphors Framing / Conceptual metaphors |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26982042 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/200416 |