Faculty Sponsor: Valerie Nazzaro
Live Poster Session: https://wesleyan.zoom.us/j/98645536404
Mariema Tall
Born and Raised in New York City, Mariema, Mari, is a junior at Wesleyan University, double majoring in English with a Concentration in Creative Writing and Biology, focusing on Evolution and Ecology. She works in Michael Singer’s Lab, helping with research on Tri-trophic cascades. Mari is a Wesleyan Grant recipient, McNair Scholar, and a recipient of Wesleyan’s 2025 Shu-Tokita Prize in Literature. She is hoping to pursue her PH.D. in Evolutionary Biology and continue to publish her poetry and creative works. Outside of academic fields, Mari is a dancer in the FXT dance group, an avid reader, and guitar player with a passion in singing and songwriting.
Abstract: As media has become more prevalent, the role it plays in civilian lives has as well. As a result, the public’s ability to process political information has grown, however choosing to engage with political information is dependent on the individual. As a result, this review attempted to answer the question: How does an individual’s exposure to political dialogue and media relate to their interest in politics? This question was also put in the context of gender. The results presented that media engagement and political discussion seem to have a positive linear relationship with an individual’s interest in politics. However, it is still unclear whether political interest impacts political discussion and TV consumption or if it is, in fact, the reverse.
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