The Shonda Rhimes Effect: How Diversity in Popular Media Shapes American Attitudes and Behaviors

• In Event: The Consequences of Women's Inclusion

Brief Overview

We test the representational effects of experimentally exposing individuals to varying levels of diversity in popular TV. We conduct the first study to explore how fictional media might shape the way people understand and interact with politics.

Authors

• Kristy M. Pathakis, Texas A & M University-College Station

• Katelyn E. Stauffer, University of Georgia