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Indirect effects models revealed different patterns across the 3 studies evaluated. Such heterogeneity of the exact same treatment across different samples and populations highlights the need to qualify broad claims of generalizability of seemingly well-established narrative mechanisms.
Storytelling can be a powerful tool to increase support for policies; but, depending on the audience, it can also have the opposite effect.
Using a narrative strategy in the argument presented in this study actually led some in the audience to move even further away from the desired position than they already were.
Dr. Epstein discusses potential strategies to increase insurance sign ups, including altering the ways insurance plans work (e.g., 5 year plans versus single year plans) or changing the ways that insurance plans are marketed (moral framing versus economic self-interest framing).
Drs. Liana Winett and Jeff Niederdeppe discuss their findings from their narrative studies around early childcare and education with state legislators and the general public with Shel Holtz of the FIR Podcast Network.
Exploring the impacts of various types of messaging (narratives, simple propolicy, and a combination of the two), the authors found that messages could backfire and inadvertently lead to a diminished support from state legislators.
