#24: Persuasion via Story-Telling with Melanie Green

Melanie Green studies stories. She’s a professor of Communication at University of Buffalo, and for years she’s been looking into whether stories can serve to persuade people. Are stories just entertainment or can they change our minds? In this episode, we talk about stories, her research on persuasion, and the experience of being transported by a story.Topics that come up in this episode:People differ in their “transportability,” which is associated with their receptiveness to narrative pers...