Tom Werner
List of John Benjamins publications in which Tom Werner is involved.
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2024 Chapter 12. Engaging conspiracy theories: Reducing the anti-persuasive effects of persuasion Persuasion in Specialized Discourse: A multidisciplinary perspective, Degano, Chiara, Dora Renna and Francesca Santulli (eds.), pp. 248–264 | Chapter
To encounter a conspiracy theory is to enter a dark world where normal rules do not apply. To reason with an upholder of that theory is to come against a force-field which intensifies at every push, rendering ordinary persuasive strategies counter-productive. In place of such strategies, I… read more
