Self Selection and the Persuasive Appeal of Social Movements

• In Event: Women and #MeToo

Brief Overview

By incorporating choice into the design and analysis of survey experiments, we show how the effect of arguments made in support of the BlackLivesMatter and MeToo depends on the likelihood that individuals would choose to encounter these claims.

Authors

• Paul Franz Testa, Brown University

• Matthew V. Hibbing, University of California, Merced

• Tarah Williams, Allegheny College

• Kylee Britzman, Lewis-Clark State College