Experiments on mass communication, Vol. 3.

Hovland, Carl I.; Lumsdaine, Arthur A.; Sheffield, Fred D.

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“…In particular, the effect of schooling has remained doubtful (5-7). Whereas many historians believe that Nazi propaganda and schooling prepared the ground for the Third Reich's excesses, scientific studies of indoctrination have typically found few systematic effects (8,9).…”

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Nazi indoctrination and anti-Semitic beliefs in Germany

Voigtländer

Voth

2015

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.

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Attempts at modifying public opinions, attitudes, and beliefs range from advertising and schooling to "brainwashing." Their effectiveness is highly controversial. In this paper, we use survey data on antiSemitic beliefs and attitudes in a representative sample of Germans surveyed in 1996 and 2006 to show that Nazi indoctrination--with its singular focus on fostering racial hatred--was highly effective. Between 1933 and 1945, young Germans were exposed to anti-Semitic ideology in schools, in the (extracurricular) Hitler Youth, and through radio, print, and film. As a result, Germans who grew up under the Nazi regime are much more anti-Semitic than those born before or after that period: the share of committed anti-Semites, who answer a host of questions about attitudes toward Jews in an extreme fashion, is 2-3 times higher than in the population as a whole. Results also hold for average beliefs, and not just the share of extremists; average views of Jews are much more negative among those born in the 1920s and 1930s. Nazi indoctrination was most effective where it could tap into preexisting prejudices; those born in districts that supported anti-Semitic parties before 1914 show the greatest increases in anti-Jewish attitudes. These findings demonstrate the extent to which beliefs can be modified through policy intervention. We also identify parameters amplifying the effectiveness of such measures, such as preexisting prejudices.cultural transmission | indoctrination | persistence | anti-Semitism

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Nazi indoctrination and anti-Semitic beliefs in Germany

Voigtländer

Voth

2015

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.

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“…In fact, there is a large body of research which suggests that more general attitude concepts serve to extend a "downward" influence on less general attitudes. Dillehay, Insko, and Smith (1966), Hovland, Lumsdaine, and Sheffield (1949), Hovland andMandell (1952), andMcGuire (1960b;1960a) have found attitude change to filter "downward," from attitudes changed by an external message to logically related, derived attitudes. Hovland, et al, (1949), and McGuire, (1960b) observed attitude-change to persist for alonger period of time for those attitude objects more strongly related to the attitude object changed by the external message.…”

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A Hierarchical Attitude Model for Corporate Advertising and Market Segmentation

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Upah²,

Kosenko

2015

Proceedings of the 1982 Academy of Marketing Science (AMS) Annual Conference

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“…Toute une série de recherches (Shérif 1935, Lewis 1941, Asch 1948, Hovland et al 1949et 1951, Hovland et Mandell 1952, Hovland et Weiss 1951 montrent que l'efficacité du message (à ne pas confondre avec la quantité d'information assimilée) est fonction de la crédibilité du communicateur et de la position exprimée par celui-ci.…”

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Attitude du groupe majoritaire vis-à-vis les « autres ». Évaluation d’une stratégie de changement

Dromme

Ruimy

1975

Revue des sciences de l'éducation

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Experiments on mass communication, Vol. 3.

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Nazi indoctrination and anti-Semitic beliefs in Germany

Nazi indoctrination and anti-Semitic beliefs in Germany

A Hierarchical Attitude Model for Corporate Advertising and Market Segmentation

Attitude du groupe majoritaire vis-à-vis les « autres ». Évaluation d’une stratégie de changement

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