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Could watching your favorite movie be a successful form of therapy? Researchers are looking into the ways that movies influence their viewers, and they re finding a positive influence on the audience s behaviors and their overall well-being.
Jared Ott is a PhD candidate in the School of Communication at Ohio State University. His research focuses on how people engage with and process narratives, and how this affects subsequent beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors.
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Study suggests delivering news with humour makes young adults more likely to remember, share ANI | Updated: Jan 10, 2021 11:18 IST
Washington [US], January 10 (ANI): Humour may help keep people informed about politics and other current issues, suggest the findings of new research.
A study from the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania and the School of Communication at Ohio State University found that, when compared to non-humorous news clips, viewers are not only more likely to share humorously presented news but are also more likely to remember the content from these segments. For democracy to work, it is really important for people to engage with news and politics and to be informed about public affairs, said senior author Emily Falk, Professor of Communication, Psychology, and Marketing at Annenberg.
NEW YORK, Jan 9 Humour could be the key for getting audiences, particularly young viewers, to follow political news. A recent study conducted by American researchers revealed that spectators are more likely to retain and share news when it’s presented with humour than when it’s been.