Artistic activism: Can aesthetic reception reduce adverse effects of disruptive protest?
Berend Barkela,
Christina Schäfer,
Marlene Sophie Altenmüller
Abstract:Activists face a dilemma: The more disruptive their protest, the more attention they will get – but they will also be perceived more negatively. Can aesthetic tactics alleviate such adverse effects? In two experiments (N1 = 828; N2 = 1203; German access panel), we investigate whether artistic activism (e.g., performance art during protests) is judged more positively than non-artistic activism at similar levels of disruption regarding participants’ perceptions of (extremity, immorality), attitudes towards (emot… Show more
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