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

• In Event: Media Effects

Brief Overview

We test representational effects, exploring whether diverse casting in popular TV shapes attitudes and behaviors. We test if representation influences ways that Americans view institutions and whether this influences engagement towards politics.

Authors

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

• Katelyn E. Stauffer, University of Georgia