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Can Popular Entertainment Save America? *
August 14, 2024
Can Popular Entertainment Save America? * Read the Bridge Entertainment Labs White Paper.
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Narrative Persuasion and Depolarization: Testing an episode of “The Conners” *
August 14, 2024
Narrative Persuasion and Depolarization: Testing an episode of “The Conners” * An analysis on narrative persuasion and depolarization.
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Black-ish *
August 14, 2024
Black-ish * An analysis of the question “Does watching “Lemons” an episode of Black-ish decrease toxic polarization?”
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How Do Media Portrayals of Cross-Party Interactions Affect Viewers? Investigating the Effects of Norms for and Content of Cross-Party Engagement *
August 14, 2024
How Do Media Portrayals of Cross-Party Interactions Affect Viewers? Investigating the Effects of Norms for and Content of Cross-Party Engagement * Social Test about how audience members’ views of political partisans may be shaped via norms that guide engagement across … Continue reading
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What’s Making Us Laugh?
June 10, 2024
What’s Making Us Laugh: Event Recap On June 4th, 2024 entertainment industry professionals, comedians, and democratic reformers gathered together to discuss ‘What’s Making Us Laugh? What Role Does Comedy Play in Pulling Us Together – or Driving Us Apart?’ The … Continue reading
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Featured in Variety
April 25, 2024
New Op-Ed in Variety: We are thrilled to share that Variety published our Op-Ed on the role that films like Civil War have in impacting our culture and how we can all take action. Please share the article or like … Continue reading
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On Civil War:
April 11, 2024
What Can You Do After Watching Civil War? Read our Op-Ed in Variety This week, millions of Americans came together to marvel at the stunning solar eclipse, a rare moment of unity amid the darkness of a country torn apart … Continue reading
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BEL at Sundance
January 20, 2024
Bridge Entertainment Labs at Sundance: On January 19, Bridge Entertainment Labs President Steven Olikara participated in An Antidote to Despair: How Independent Film is Driving Climate Action, an environmental impact filmmaking panel at Sundance Film Festival hosted by The Redford Center. Watch … Continue reading
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Bridge Entertainment Labs Bibliography: The Effect of Narrative Media on Intergroup Prejudice and Polarization
April 21, 2021
These selected papers are organized according to the categories below; note that these papers are broadly related to intergroup attitudes and behaviors across various lines of difference (such as race and religion), but many do not pertain specifically to the … Continue reading
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Shared Screens: Scripted Television’s Communal Space in a Polarized Nation
April 21, 2021
Shared Screens: Scripted Television’s Communal Space in a Polarized Nation: Americans are increasingly sorting themselves along partisan lines into distinct cultures, a phenomenon that contributes to an alarming rise in partisan polarization. While substantial research has been devoted to the … Continue reading
