The Importance of Understanding Entertainment with Sara Grady
Sara Grady studies the function of entertainment—why we watch, play, and listen to the media that fill our lives. She’s an assistant professor of Communication at Ohio State University. In our conversation, we explore what entertainment actually does for us, what it means to connect with fictional characters, and how storytelling shapes our relationships and well-being. Sara also shares her path from film production to media psychology and why understanding stories only deepens their magic. For more, head to this episode's webpage: https://opinionsciencepodcast.com/epi... ================== Opinion Science is a psychology podcast exploring the science of our opinions, where they come from and how they change. Each week I talk to social scientists and professional communicators about how the work they do reveals key insights about public opinion and persuasion. Follow this psychology podcast... Website: http://opinionsciencepodcast.com/ Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... Twitter: / opinionscipod Facebook: / opinionscipod
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