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| Fundamental Issues | p. 1 |
| Persuasion in the Rhetorical Tradition | p. 2 |
| The Effects of Message Features: Content, Structure, and Style | p. 20 |
| Media Influence as Persuasion | p. 36 |
| Outcomes of Persuasion: Behavioral, Cognitive, and Social | p. 53 |
| On Being Persuaded: Some Basic Distinctions | p. 70 |
| Theories, Perspectives, and Traditions | p. 83 |
| Discrepancy Models of Belief... MORE | p. 84 |
| Functional Attitude Theory | p. 104 |
| Reasoned Action Theory: Persuasion as Belief-Based Behavior Change | p. 120 |
| The Elaboration Likelihood Model | p. 137 |
| Affect and Persuasion | p. 150 |
| Reactance Theory and Persuasion | p. 167 |
| Fear Appeals | p. 184 |
| Narrative Persuasion | p. 200 |
| Inoculation Theory | p. 220 |
| Supportive and Persuasive Communication: Theoretical Intersections | p. 237 |
| Contexts, Settings, and Applications | p. 257 |
| Political Persuasion | p. 258 |
| Persuasive Strategies in Health Campaigns | p. 278 |
| The Siren's Call: Mass Media and Drug Prevention | p. 296 |
| Persuasion in the Marketplace: How Theories of Persuasion Apply to Marketing and Advertising | p. 314 |
| Persuasion in the Legal Setting | p. 331 |
| Persuading in the Small Group Context | p. 354 |
| When Presumed Influence Turns Real: An Indirect Route of Media Influence | p. 371 |
| How Does Technology Persuade? Theoretical Mechanisms for Persuasive Technologies | p. 388 |
| Author Index | p. 405 |
| Subject Index | p. 427 |
| About the Authors | p. 441 |
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