Viral Media as a Means of Closing the Knowledge Gap: TikTok and Qualified Immunity

• In Event: New Methods in Political Communication I

Brief Overview

We use a viral video from TikTok to provide knowledge of an obscure legal doctrine in an experimental setting. We find this video performs similarly to more traditional text-based means of information.

Authors

• Robin Bayes, Northwestern University

• Sam 'S.R.' Robert Gubitz, Northwestern University