@article{ref1,
title="Setting the stage for social change: using live theater to dispel myths about intimate partner violence",
journal="Journal of health communication",
year="2015",
author="Dill-Shackleford, Karen E. and Green, Melanie C. and Scharrer, Erica and Wetterer, Craig and Shackleford, Lee E.",
volume="20",
number="8",
pages="969-976",
abstract="Research has demonstrated the ability of fictional narratives to educate about social and health issues. Although some entertainment-education efforts have used live theater as a mechanism for social change, very few use social science methods to demonstrate exposure effects. This project used live theater to increase understanding and knowledge about intimate partner violence, a pervasive and costly social and health problem. Audiences watched either a play about abusive relationships-emphasizing psychological abuse and the role of coercion and control-or a control play. Compared with controls, those who watched the abuse play were more knowledgeable and less accepting of myths about abusive relationships in a way that mirrored play content. Although both plays were highly transporting, transportation did not explain a significant amount of variance in the attitudes toward intimate partner violence. These results provide rare evidence for theater as a tool for social change.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1081-0730",
doi="10.1080/10810730.2015.1018622",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10810730.2015.1018622"
}