Do you think any people were really turned off by this? This would be my concern. That people would get really annoyed by this as an unfair mockery of the meat eating position. Do you think this happens?
I don’t think people who spoke to us were significantly turned off; the outreach volunteers weren’t overly aggressive or pushy.
People who walked past without engaging may have thought it was weird, but it’s hard to know what someone thinks if they don’t stop to talk.
Unfortunately, the paucity of social science research on vegan outreach makes it hard to know what works and what doesn’t. I imagine there’s research on outreach for other causes that could be relevant, but I haven’t looked into this.
By default I expect more engagement with pro-vegan arguments to be a good thing, and the dog meat stand got a lot more engagement than other outreach tactics I’ve tried.
Do you think any people were really turned off by this? This would be my concern. That people would get really annoyed by this as an unfair mockery of the meat eating position. Do you think this happens?
I don’t think people who spoke to us were significantly turned off; the outreach volunteers weren’t overly aggressive or pushy.
People who walked past without engaging may have thought it was weird, but it’s hard to know what someone thinks if they don’t stop to talk.
Unfortunately, the paucity of social science research on vegan outreach makes it hard to know what works and what doesn’t. I imagine there’s research on outreach for other causes that could be relevant, but I haven’t looked into this.
By default I expect more engagement with pro-vegan arguments to be a good thing, and the dog meat stand got a lot more engagement than other outreach tactics I’ve tried.