Chris Arnold
@chrisguarnold.bsky.social
Associate Professor in Government and Artificial Intelligence at the University of Birmingham. Data addict. Visualisation enthusiast. I ♥ institutions.
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July 10, 2025 at 7:27 AM
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This work offers insights for those studying communication in #Psychology, #Politics, #Media, and #Marketing.
Framing distances can shift urgency, abstraction, and focus—impacting decisions and perceptions.
Read more here: guilfordjournals.com/doi/10.1521/...
This work offers insights for those studying communication in #Psychology, #Politics, #Media, and #Marketing.
Framing distances can shift urgency, abstraction, and focus—impacting decisions and perceptions.
Read more here: guilfordjournals.com/doi/10.1521/...
Perceiving Distances and Construing Targets Based on Communication | Social Cognition
Construal level theory states that the psychological distance to events and objects affects their construal level. But how do humans get to the psychological distance in the first place? We argue that...
guilfordjournals.com
December 20, 2024 at 7:35 AM
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This work offers insights for those studying communication in #Psychology, #Politics, #Media, and #Marketing.
Framing distances can shift urgency, abstraction, and focus—impacting decisions and perceptions.
Read more here: guilfordjournals.com/doi/10.1521/...
This work offers insights for those studying communication in #Psychology, #Politics, #Media, and #Marketing.
Framing distances can shift urgency, abstraction, and focus—impacting decisions and perceptions.
Read more here: guilfordjournals.com/doi/10.1521/...
Refining Construal Level Theory
We show that how distances are framed influences construal levels just as much as the distance itself.
This adds nuance to how we think about language, psychology, and audience perception.
We show that how distances are framed influences construal levels just as much as the distance itself.
This adds nuance to how we think about language, psychology, and audience perception.
December 20, 2024 at 7:35 AM
Refining Construal Level Theory
We show that how distances are framed influences construal levels just as much as the distance itself.
This adds nuance to how we think about language, psychology, and audience perception.
We show that how distances are framed influences construal levels just as much as the distance itself.
This adds nuance to how we think about language, psychology, and audience perception.
Key Insight 2: Shaping Perceptions
The resolution of a distance profoundly affects how abstract or concrete people perceive events.
• Broad (“next year”): abstract, distant
• Specific (“August 3rd next year”): concrete, immediate
Words matter in shaping psychological distance.
The resolution of a distance profoundly affects how abstract or concrete people perceive events.
• Broad (“next year”): abstract, distant
• Specific (“August 3rd next year”): concrete, immediate
Words matter in shaping psychological distance.
December 20, 2024 at 7:35 AM
Key Insight 2: Shaping Perceptions
The resolution of a distance profoundly affects how abstract or concrete people perceive events.
• Broad (“next year”): abstract, distant
• Specific (“August 3rd next year”): concrete, immediate
Words matter in shaping psychological distance.
The resolution of a distance profoundly affects how abstract or concrete people perceive events.
• Broad (“next year”): abstract, distant
• Specific (“August 3rd next year”): concrete, immediate
Words matter in shaping psychological distance.