CEP/STICERD Applications Seminars
Movies
Stelios Michalopoulos (Brown University), joint with Chris Rauh
Monday 03 March 2025 12:00 - 13:30
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About this event
Why are certain movies more successful in some markets than others? Are the entertainment products we consume reflective of our core beliefs? To answer these questions, we analyze international movie data and local tales using machine learning to measure a plot’s similarity to traditional motifs. Globally, films mirroring local folklore get wider screenings and earn more. Across US markets, movies matching ancestral stories attract more interest. Finally, films endorsing risk-taking, vengeance-seeking, and traditional gender roles outperform across markets holding similar historical and contemporary norms. Choosing to watch modern adaptations of stories passed down from our ancestors on the big screen reinforces cultural identity
Applications (Applied Micro) Seminars are held on Mondays in term time at 12:00-13:30 in SAL 3.05 in person.
Seminar organiser: Christiane Szerman
For further information please contact Lia Bergin: l.bergin@lse.ac.uk@lse.ac.uk.
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