Oct 31, 2019
William Ryerson heads the Population Media Center, which develops serial melodramas with messages: mainly stories that lead people to change their minds about various reproductive health issues. He and Metta agree that television shows are highly influential, informing (or misinforming) people in powerful ways. The best and cheapest way to reduce population growth is through story-telling.
https://youtu.be/FwzP-2sQQ6M Nov. 4, 2019
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