In Episode 2, we continue our quest to rid advocacy communications of an overreliance on personal stories. Why? Research says: They backfire.
December 1, 2017 •While this film certainly educates viewers about the importance of Adverse Childhood Experiences to long-term well being, it also, albeit unwittingly, provides endless opportunity for implicit biases about race and poverty to be reinforced, and offers no actionable policy-based solutions. The effect is likely to leave viewers attributing responsibility for the problem to those portrayed - poor families of color - not to the structural conditions that created inequities.
August 28, 2017 •This blog posts explains research that should make advocates question their reliance on personal stories.
April 23, 2017 •Infographics won't be effective no matter how clever the design if the data representation does not capture the real story advocates are trying to tell.
August 3, 2016 •
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