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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...
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![John Sides on Scientists Contributing to Political Discussion (SciComm Summer Podcast)
John Sides is a political scientist at Vanderbilt University and co-founded The Monkey Cage, which is a popular political science blog now available at the Washington Post. The blog gives academic social scientists a platform to use their expertise to help the public understand political news. In our conversation, John talks about the origins of TMC, the kinds of articles that are successful, and how (and why!) to write well for a public audience.
August 29, 2022
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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/opinion-science/id1506227206
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