Gain-Loss Message Framing Analysis
Gain-loss message framing analysis is an experimental method for testing whether a persuasive appeal works better when it stresses the benefits of acting (gain frame) or the costs of not acting (loss frame). Grounded in prospect theory and synthesized for health communication by Rothman and Salovey, it predicts that loss frames are more persuasive for risky detection behaviors while gain frames win for safe prevention behaviors.
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- Rothman, A. J., & Salovey, P. (1997). Shaping perceptions to motivate healthy behavior: The role of message framing. Psychological Bulletin, 121(1), 3–19. DOI: 10.1037/0033-2909.121.1.3 ↗
- Petty, R. E., & Cacioppo, J. T. (1986). The elaboration likelihood model of persuasion. In Communication and Persuasion (pp. 1–24). New York: Springer. DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4612-4964-1_1 ↗
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ScholarGate. (2026, June 22). Gain-Loss Message Framing Experimental Analysis. ScholarGate. https://scholargate.app/en/communication/message-framing-analysis
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