Week1assign.extension persuasion.edited.docx PSYC 3007 Analyzing Persuasive Communicatio

Week1assign.extension persuasion.edited.docx  PSYC 3007  Analyzing Persuasive Communications  Bachelor of Science in Psychology,   Walden University  PSYC 3007: Influence and Persuasion  Analyzing Persuasive Communications  Perloff defines persuasion as an attempt to convince others to change their attitudes or behavior (Perloff, 2017, pg. 27). Many people feel as if persuasion is a way to easily manipulate others into doing things that they want them to do. However, persuasion is involving anything that molds or shapes one decision-making processes. It also the study of attitudes and how to change them (Perloff, 2020, pg. 3). Persuasion has been a great way to communicate with the world to help change attitudes toward race, gender, and many other ongoing issues. An example of persuasion communication that spread throughout social media and the world expeditiously was the Black Lives Matter campaign. After the first police brutality