Idk, the way they put it forward is incredibly dunkable. Fiction is a good way to explore topics and people and dystopian science fiction is a fun way to explore inequalities and class. But the study isn’t a broad stoke study on the impact dystopian novels have on kids, it’s hyper focused on Hunger Games as if there’s something unique to it beyond it’s popularity. The thought of someone being “radicalized” by Hunger Games is funny to me, sue me
The ability of fiction to build empathy is a well-established thing.
Which is something seemingly not mentioned in the study. I’m not trying to nitpick because clearly it has limited funding and could only do so much to explore this, but even the study itself is passively implying Hunger Games is unique in some way
I get what you’re saying, but focusing on a specific series is probably more to do with trying to follow good practices in crafting a study. Just dystopian fiction in general is extremely broad. It makes sense to pick a specific series that was very popular so that your study parameters are tight, but you have a large pool of people who have read them.
