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4. THE AUDIENCE
• HOW OLD ARE THEY?
➡ L I F E - C Y C L E E X P L A N AT I O N :
Attitudes change as people grow older.
➡ GENERATIONAL EXPLANATION:
Attitudes do not change; older people
largely hold onto the attitudes they
adopted when they were young.
• U N I N V O LV E D A U D I E N C E U S E
PERIPHERAL CUES:
➡ NEED FOR COGNITION: the
motivation to think and analyze.