May 10, 2022 By: pglassman
Congratulations to our 2022 YU Student Library Research Award Winner Sammy Friedman! Sammy, YC 鈥23 is a psychology major. His paper, 鈥淭he Differing Effects of Narrative Transportation Across Animated and Live Action Movies鈥 was written as part of an original research project for an Experimental Psychology course taught by Professor Anna-Lisa Cohen. His research involves the idea of 鈥淣arrative Transportation,鈥 or the feeling of becoming so absorbed in a story that the viewer鈥檚 focus narrows away from the outside world. His study involved the measuring of physical responses garnered from participants鈥 viewing clips from live action and animated versions of Disney movies to determine which style is more conducive to the viewer鈥檚 absorption into the stories.
Our committee of seven readers, who reviewed 16 entries, was particularly impressed by the depth and originality of his paper, and by the quality and use of a wide variety of resource materials. Mazel tov, Sammy, on a job well done!
--Wendy Kosakoff, Public Services and Outreach Librarian
