Experts
Dannagal Goldthwaite Young
Professor
Communication
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Areas of Expertise
- Research interests include political media effects, media psychology, public opinion and the psychology of misinformation.
- Studies the intersection of entertainment and information, including the psychology of political satire.
- Research explores how the psychology of liberals and conservatives shapes how they process information and their preferences for media genres and political aesthetics.
- Young's TED Talk on the psychology of political beliefs has been viewed over 1.8 Million times.
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