Question

Whether a one- or two-sided message is more persuasive depends on all of the following EXCEPT:

Answer 1

Answer:

C. whether the audience thinks information is being shared in an appropriate way

Explanation:

A persuasive message is a type of message that seeks, to sways, informs, convinces, or calls to action of the message recipient(s). Persuasive messages are often modeled in terms of reason versus emotion.

Hence, whether a one- or two-sided message is more persuasive will depends on all of the following:

1. whether the audience already agrees with the message: the moment audience or recipients agrees with the message, that means the message is persuasive.

2. whether the audience is unaware of opposing arguments: often times, the momement, the audience find a message persuasive, they are not aware of the opposing argument, thus believe the message being passed to them is the final.

3. whether the audience is unlikely later to consider the opposition: this implies that, when the audience is unlikely to consider the message of the opposition, the message being passed to them has persuaded them fully.

However, whether the audience thinks information is being shared in an appropriate way is not enough to ascertain that, the message whether one sided or two sided is persuasive.