Narrative spillover: A narrative policy framework analysis of critical race theory discourse at multiple levels
运用叙事政策框架分析批判种族理论在政策辩论中的兴起，发现接触禁止CRT的叙事会增加支持禁令的倾向，尤其对白人和共和党人，并引入“叙事溢出”概念解释微观、中观和宏观叙事如何互动影响政治信念。
Abstract Narrative storytelling surrounds us. Narratives are especially salient in politics, as policy problems do not simply exist, but are actively created through the stories policy actors tell. Scholars introduced the narrative policy framework (NPF) to create a generalized framework for studying how policy actors use storytelling strategically to influence policy. We use the NPF to examine the recent rise of critical race theory (CRT) in policy debates. We demonstrate that increasing exposure to the ban‐CRT narrative plots led to greater support for a ban on CRT, particularly for White and Republican individuals. Finally, we introduce and test the concept of narrative spillover , which provides a new way of thinking about how micro, meso, and macro policy narratives interact to influence‐related political beliefs and macrolevel beliefs about institutions and culture.