The Principal Effect of Episodic Framing on Viewers' Attributions of Responsibility

question 9

Multiple Choice

The principal effect of episodic framing on viewers' attributions of responsibility is

• A) to increase their reliance on dispositional or individualistic accounts of political problems (e.g., to conclude that crime is caused by immoral people).
• B) to make them more likely to cite societal accounts of political problems (e.g., to conclude that crime is caused by inequality and racial discrimination).
• C) to make viewers less prepared to offer any causal account of political problems.
• D) to increase their reliance on both individualistic and societal accounts.

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