Title
Motivated reasoning and the effects of political marketing: examining the mobilizing role of political persuasion based on the model of Westen's experiment
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Komad, Marina R., 1984-
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129710857
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2025
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Serbian
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Datum odbrane: 06.10.2025.
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Društveno-humanističke nauke
University
Univerzitet u Beogradu
Faculty
Fakultet političkih nauka
Alternative title
Motivisano rezonovanje i efekti političkog marketinga: ispitivanje moblizatorske uloge političkog ubeđivanja po modelu Vestenovog eksperimenta
Publisher
[M. Komad]
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346 str.
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Political Science - Political – sociological studies / Političke nauke - Politikološko-sociološke studije
Abstract (en)
The subject of this study is the identification of the role and scope of neuroscience in the field of
political marketing through the examination of the neural basis of motivated reasoning in the context of
the persuasive process. Following the model of Westen’s experiment, a neuroscientific test was
conducted of Elil’s thesis on orthopraxy, which states that successful political persuasion targets
behavioural change through irrational means. This study examines the potential of neuroscience in testing
traditional theses in political persuasion, particularly those aspects that remained on speculative level.
The research focuses on how the neural basis of motivated political reasoning can provide answers
regarding the elements and sequence of elements in the persuasive process. To test the hypotheses, a
neuroscientific experiment was conducted using EEG. The results showed that the general, specific, and
individual hypotheses were adequately formulated and essentially confirmed by empirical findings. The
results demonstrated that the persuasive effects of political messages are more conditioned by the
emotional relation of the individual to their political motives than by the content of the message, and that
successful political persuasion targets desired behaviour through irrational means. The data also
confirmed that the activation of motivated reasoning precedes the influence on attitudes and behaviour,
and that this influence is conditioned by the rationalisation of the individual’s emotional relation to their
political motive in relation to the topic of the message.
Abstract (sr)
Predmet istraživanja u ovoj studiji je identifikovanje uloge i dometa primene neuronauke u oblasti
političkog marketinga kroz ispitivanje neuronske osnove motivisanog rezonovanja u kontekstu
persuazivnog procesa. Po modelu Vestenovog eksperimenta sprovedeno je neuronaučno testiranje
Elilove teze o ortopraksiji, koja se odnosi na to da je uspešna politička persuazija usmerena na promenu
ponašanja iracionalnim putem. U ovoj studiji se ispituje potencijal neuronauke u testiranju tradicionalnih
teza iz oblasti političke persuazije, pogotovo u onim delovima koje su ostajale na nivou spekulativnog.
Istraživanje je usmereno na utvrđivanje toga na koji način neuronska pozadina motivisanog političkog
rezonovanja može pružiti odgovore o elementima i redosledu elemenata u persuazivnom procesu. U
svrhu testiranja hipoteza u ovom istraživanju sproveden je neuronaučni eksperiment u kom je primenjeno
ispitivanje EEG-om. Rezultati su pokazali da su opšta, posebne i pojedinačna hipoteza adekvatno
postavljene i u osnovi potvrđene emipirijskim nalazima. Rezultati istraživanja su pokazali da su
persuazivni efekti političkih poruka više uslovljeni emocionalnim odnosom pojedinca prema njegovim
političkim motivima, nego sadržajem poruke, kao i da je uspešna politička persuazija usmerena na
izazivanje željenog ponašanja iracionalnim putem. Takođe, podaci su potvrdili da aktivacija motivisanog
rezonovanja prethodi uticaju na stavove i ponašanje i da je taj uticaj uslovljen racionalizacijom
emocionalnog odnosa pojedinaca prema njegovom političkom motivu u odnosu na temu na koju se
poruka odnosi.
Authors Key words
political persuasion, effects of political marketing, neuroscience, motivated political
reasoning, persuasive process
Authors Key words
političko ubeđivanje, efekti političkog marketinga, neuronauka, motivisano političko
rezonovanje, persuazivni process
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32.019.5:[159.9:616.8(043.3)
323.23:[159.9.019.4(043.3)
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Tekst
Abstract (en)
The subject of this study is the identification of the role and scope of neuroscience in the field of
political marketing through the examination of the neural basis of motivated reasoning in the context of
the persuasive process. Following the model of Westen’s experiment, a neuroscientific test was
conducted of Elil’s thesis on orthopraxy, which states that successful political persuasion targets
behavioural change through irrational means. This study examines the potential of neuroscience in testing
traditional theses in political persuasion, particularly those aspects that remained on speculative level.
The research focuses on how the neural basis of motivated political reasoning can provide answers
regarding the elements and sequence of elements in the persuasive process. To test the hypotheses, a
neuroscientific experiment was conducted using EEG. The results showed that the general, specific, and
individual hypotheses were adequately formulated and essentially confirmed by empirical findings. The
results demonstrated that the persuasive effects of political messages are more conditioned by the
emotional relation of the individual to their political motives than by the content of the message, and that
successful political persuasion targets desired behaviour through irrational means. The data also
confirmed that the activation of motivated reasoning precedes the influence on attitudes and behaviour,
and that this influence is conditioned by the rationalisation of the individual’s emotional relation to their
political motive in relation to the topic of the message.
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