Listen "Episode 5.6: Florian Justwan — How Our Brains Wrestle With Politics"
Episode Synopsis
What changes people’s minds about politics?
Meet Florian Justwan (https://bit.ly/3YpXHsm), a professor of political science at University of Idaho, who studies political psychology. Drawing on years of research into how people process political information, Justwan shows we often rely on our identities and social networks to interpret new political data. People may not weigh new facts as heavily as expected and Justwan offers advice on how to check our information blind spots.
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Music
“Young Republicans” (https://bit.ly/3f271AU) by Steve Combs via freemusicarchive.org, not modified (https://bit.ly/3D7wBMV). “Glasgow” (https://bit.ly/3W39QBZ) by Falls
Meet Florian Justwan (https://bit.ly/3YpXHsm), a professor of political science at University of Idaho, who studies political psychology. Drawing on years of research into how people process political information, Justwan shows we often rely on our identities and social networks to interpret new political data. People may not weigh new facts as heavily as expected and Justwan offers advice on how to check our information blind spots.
Email us at [email protected].
More U of I Research
Political Partisanship, Party Loyalty Shape Beliefs of 2016 Election Interference, U of I Study Shows (https://bit.ly/3BFWKm1)
U of I Junior Wants to Show Idaho’s Latinx Population Anything Is Possible (https://bit.ly/3Wj2Pgb)
Vandal Theory 4.2: Bert Baumgaertner — Vaccine Hesitancy (https://bit.ly/3YsiOdx)
Music
“Young Republicans” (https://bit.ly/3f271AU) by Steve Combs via freemusicarchive.org, not modified (https://bit.ly/3D7wBMV). “Glasgow” (https://bit.ly/3W39QBZ) by Falls
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