Framing Effects in Narrative and Non-Narrative Risk Messages

Framing Effects in Narrative and Non-Narrative Risk Messages

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Article ID: iaor201528881
Volume: 35
Issue: 8
Start Page Number: 1423
End Page Number: 1436
Publication Date: Aug 2015
Journal: Risk Analysis
Authors: ,
Keywords: marketing, behaviour, risk, health services, decision, experiment
Abstract:

Narrative messages are increasingly popular in health and risk campaigns, yet gain/loss framing effects have never been tested with such messages. Three experiments examined framing in narrative messages. Experiment 1 found that only the character's decision, not framing, influenced judgments about characters in a narrative derived from a prospect theory context. Experiment 2 found that a framing effect that occurred when presented in a decision format did not occur when the same situation was presented as a narrative. Using a different story/decision context, Experiment 3 found no significant difference in preference for surgery over radiation therapy in a narrative presentation compared to a non‐narrative presentation. The results suggest that health and risk campaigns cannot assume that framing effects will be the same in narrative messages and non‐narrative messages. Potential reasons for these differences and suggestions for future research are discussed.

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