NPR Host Ira Glass Conducts What He Calls "Pledge Drive

question 106

Multiple Choice

NPR host Ira Glass conducts what he calls "pledge drive justice" in which he calls listeners who listen but never donate. The listeners agree to donate when Glass speaks with them personally. Why do you think they are willing to abandon diffusion of responsibility

• A) because they talk to a famous person
• B) because they are personally identified
• C) because they needed the reminder
• D) because they get to be on the radio if they agree to donate

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