Threat and polarization : social identity and bias among American partisans
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- Recent research in political communication has defined polarization in affective terms (how partisans feel toward their opponents), as opposed to ideological terms (position on a left-right spectrum). This progression has enabled researchers to demonstrate that contempt between Democrats and Republicans has increased over the past half-century, as well as to document extant levels of attitudinal and behavioral biases between party opponents. The original research in this dissertation relies on this definition to examine how the psychological mechanisms of threat and affirmation affect interparty bias. Studies 1 and 2 give evidence of self and group-threat's ability to exacerbate partisan bias, while no support was found for affirmation's hypothesized attenuating effect. Study 3 was unable to provide evidence of a threat response among Democrats following the 2016 presidential election.
Description
| Type of resource | text |
|---|---|
| Form | electronic; electronic resource; remote |
| Extent | 1 online resource. |
| Publication date | 2017 |
| Issuance | monographic |
| Language | English |
Creators/Contributors
| Associated with | Blascovich, Gregory Major |
|---|---|
| Associated with | Stanford University, Department of Communication. |
| Primary advisor | Iyengar, Shanto |
| Thesis advisor | Iyengar, Shanto |
| Thesis advisor | Bailenson, Jeremy |
| Thesis advisor | Hancock, Jeff |
| Thesis advisor | McDermott, Rose, 1962- |
| Advisor | Bailenson, Jeremy |
| Advisor | Hancock, Jeff |
| Advisor | McDermott, Rose, 1962- |
Subjects
| Genre | Theses |
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Bibliographic information
| Statement of responsibility | Gregory Major Blascovich. |
|---|---|
| Note | Submitted to the Department of Communication. |
| Thesis | Thesis (Ph.D.)--Stanford University, 2017. |
| Location | electronic resource |
Access conditions
- Copyright
- © 2017 by Gregory Major Blascovich
- License
- This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 3.0 Unported license (CC BY-NC).
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