Study shows newspaper op-eds change minds

(Yale University) Researchers have found that op-ed pieces have large and long-lasting effects on people's views among both the general public and policy experts. The study, published in the Quarterly Journal of Political Science, also found that Democrats and Republicans altered their views in the direction of the op-ed piece in roughly equal measure.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news