Viewing a powerful Holocaust film did not protect viewers against later denial literature

Evidence

We cannot say that Schindler’s List had any effect on belief in the Holocaust. The students who chose to see the movie may have known about the Nazis’ systematic annihilation of the Jews before they went; those who did not know, and did not want to know, mav have generally avoided the film. What we can say, unfortunately, is that the non-Jewish students who saw the movie were not protected against later Holocaust denial. They fell for Christophersen just like everyone else. — Bob Altemeyer, The Authoritarian Specter, 3299 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

A significant main effect for the essays appeared (F = 5.06; p < .01). Those who had read the denial material believed less in the Holocaust afterward (the mean equaled 56.1) than those in the control (61.0) or factual (62.8) condi- tions. — Bob Altemeyer, The Authoritarian Specter, 3162 (#complicates, via linked claim)

These students too had a low initial level of belief in the Holocaust from the start, averaging 52.2. Christophersen’s piece lowered that to 42.7 (p < .001). Significant changes occurred on all the items except numbers 6 and 8, and again no connection appeared between RWA scores and change. — Bob Altemeyer, The Authoritarian Specter, 3158 (#complicates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Exposure to sympathetic Holocaust portrayal does not protect viewers against later denial — Bob Altemeyer, The Authoritarian Specter, 3299; Exposure to denial essays lowers Holocaust belief below factual accounts — Bob Altemeyer, The Authoritarian Specter, 3162; Schindler’s List had no measurable effect on students’ belief in the Holocaust — Bob Altemeyer, The Authoritarian Specter, 3290 (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• Exposure to sympathetic Holocaust portrayal does not protect viewers against later denial #corroborates (0.98) — Bob Altemeyer, The Authoritarian Specter, 3299
• Exposure to denial essays lowers Holocaust belief below factual accounts #complicates (0.78) — Bob Altemeyer, The Authoritarian Specter, 3162
• Even brief denial material measurably lowers belief in the Holocaust #complicates (0.76) — Bob Altemeyer, The Authoritarian Specter, 3158
• Holocaust denial propaganda shifts belief even when paired with a perpetrator confession #complicates (0.74) — Bob Altemeyer, The Authoritarian Specter, 3216