Posts filed under: Psychology

If America were a couple, it would seem like we are headed for divorce court. It can feel impossible to get a majority of Americans to agree on anything. Recent Pew Research Center polling shows that Americans are intensely divided...
Dr. Melanie Green studies the psychology of storytelling. Her research examines how becoming immersed in a story, known as narrative transport, can influence attitudes and change behaviors....
On the Media was examining the efficacy of different social media campaigns to halt a rising tide of anti-Muslim sentiment in America and abroad – especially in light of the gruesome acts of extremists in Iraq and Syria....