"I found empirical support for the idea that the Harry Potter series influenced the political values..."

“I found empirical support for the idea that the Harry Potter series influenced the political values and perspectives of the generation that came of age with these books. Reading the books correlated with greater levels of acceptance for out-groups, higher political tolerance, less predisposition to authoritarianism, greater support for equality, and greater opposition to the use of violence and torture. As Harry Potter fans will have noted, these are major themes repeated throughout the series. These correlations remained significant even when applying more sophisticated statistical analyses – when controlling for, among other things, parental influence.”



- Researcher Anthony Gierzynski explains the evidence he found that Harry Potter has influenced the political views of an entire generation (via theflowershop)

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