Broadcasting one world: How watching online videos can elicit elevation and reduce stereotypes

Krämer, Nicole C.; Eimler, Sabrina C.; Neubaum, German; Winter, Stephan; Rösner, Leonie; Oliver, Mary Beth

doi:10.1177/1461444816639963

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“…Our findings provide a social relational explanation for why media that evoke kama muta increase humanization, whereas earlier research by Oliver et al (2015) and Krämer et al (2017) provided a cognitive explanation, referring to broadening one’s connection to all of humanity as a result of feeling moral elevation. Kama muta is evoked by viewing people suddenly intensifying their communal sharing relationship, making the protagonists in a moving video central to the appraisal.…”

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Moved by Observing the Love of Others: Kama Muta Evoked Through Media Fosters Humanization of Out-Groups

2020

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People often view out-groups as less human than their in-group. Some media video content is heart-warming and leaves one feeling touched or moved . Recent research indicates that this reflects a positive social emotion, kama muta , which is evoked by a sudden increase in interpersonal closeness, specifically by the relational model of communal sharing. Because forming strong, close, and communal bonds exemplifies valued human qualities, and because other humans are our primary target partners of communal sharing, we predicted that feeling kama muta in response to observing communal sharing among out-group strangers would make people view out-groups as more human. In Study 1, we replicated a model obtained through a large exploratory preliminary study which indicated that videos depicting out-group members enacting communal sharing evoked kama muta and increased protagonist humanization. This, in turn, led to decreased blatant dehumanization of the entire out-group via perceived out-group warmth and motivation to develop a communal sharing relationship with the protagonist. The preregistered Study 2 further tested our model, demonstrating (1) that the relationship between protagonist humanization and kama muta is bidirectional such that baseline humanization of the protagonist also increases feelings of kama muta in response to acts of communal sharing; (2) that watching videos of communal sharing, as compared to funny videos, increased protagonist humanization; and (3) that kama muta videos, compared to funny videos, had an indirect effect on the reduction of out-group blatant dehumanization, which was mediated by protagonist humanization and out-group warmth.

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Moved by Observing the Love of Others: Kama Muta Evoked Through Media Fosters Humanization of Out-Groups

2020

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“…Scores of studies on the elevation concept have further supported this notion (see Pohling & Diessner, 2016;Thomson & Siegel, 2016). In addition, studies have provided evidence that being moved may reduce stereotypes and prejudice (Bartsch, Oliver, Nitsch, & Scherr, 2016;Krämer et al, 2016;Lai, Haidt, & Nosek, 2014;Oliver et al, 2015); increase altruistic helping behavior (Batson et al, 1988;Cova et al, 2016;Cox, 2010;Schnall et al, 2010;Strick et al, 2015;Thomson & Siegel, 2013); increase humanization of out-groups (Blomster, Seibt, & Thomsen, 2019); and foster interpersonal closeness and communal relations (Oliver et al, 2015;Steinnes, 2017;Zickfeld, 2015).…”

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MovingThrough the Literature: What Is the Emotion Often DenotedBeing Moved?

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When do people say that they are moved, and does this experience constitute a unique emotion? We review theory and empirical research on being moved across psychology and philosophy. We examine feeling labels, elicitors, valence, bodily sensations, and motivations. We find that the English lexeme being moved typically (but not always) refers to a distinct and potent emotion that results in social bonding; often includes tears, piloerection, chills, or a warm feeling in the chest; and is often described as pleasurable, though sometimes as a mixed emotion. While we conclude that it is a distinct emotion, we also recommend studying it in a more comprehensive emotion framework, instead of using the ambiguous vernacular term being moved as a scientific term.

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Moving Through The Literature: What Is The Emotion Often Denoted Being Moved?

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When do people say that they are moved, and does this experience constitute a unique emotion? We review theory and empirical research on being moved across psychology and philosophy. We examine feeling labels, elicitors, valence, bodily sensations, and motivations. We find that the English lexeme being moved typically (but not always) refers to a distinct and potent emotion that results in social bonding, often includes tears, piloerection, chills, or a warm feeling in the chest, and is often described as pleasurable, though sometimes as a mixed emotion. While we conclude that there is a distinct emotion, we also recommend studying it in a more comprehensive emotion framework, instead of using the ambiguous vernacular term being moved as a scientific term.

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Broadcasting one world: How watching online videos can elicit elevation and reduce stereotypes

Cited by 43 publications

References 23 publications

Moved by Observing the Love of Others: Kama Muta Evoked Through Media Fosters Humanization of Out-Groups

Moved by Observing the Love of Others: Kama Muta Evoked Through Media Fosters Humanization of Out-Groups

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Moving Through The Literature: What Is The Emotion Often Denoted Being Moved?

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