Jennifer is looking for a new car. She sees an ad about the vehicle she wants to buy. The article headline states "Best in Class" and lists all of the specifications of this particular model of car that makes it so appealing (high fuel economy, side impact rating, etc.). After reading the whole ad, Jennifer notices that it is published by her local car dealership. She assumes that they are trying to sell her the car, and they are probably only publishing the positive aspects of the vehicle.
1. The fact that Jennifer doesnât believe that the source of the message can be trusted, causing her to discredit the message, is known as .
A). the soldiersâ attitude. B). the big initial impactC). the sleeper effectD). message discounting