Epilogue

Pitts, Margaret J.; Watson, Bernadette Maria

doi:10.1177/0261927x12446613

Journal of Language and Social Psychology

2012

DOI: 10.1177/0261927x12446613

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Epilogue

Margaret J. Pitts

Bernadette Maria Watson

Abstract: This epilogue to the 30-year Commemorative Issue of the Journal of Language and Social Psychology draws on four articles represented in this Issue to demonstrate the role this journal, in conjunction with the International Association of Language and Social Psychology, has had in identifying, examining, and shaping a research agenda of socially significant issues. Exigencies of the 21st century are examined to offer predictions for the future of the subdiscipline of the social psychology of language and make r… Show more

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“…In this commentary, I will provide a selective overview of the JLSP 's history to date (for more details and thematic analyses, see Gasiorek et al, 2012; Giles, 2012; Giles et al, 2021 [co-authored with the late Cindy Gallois, see below]; Pitts & Watson, 2012) as well as some personal visions for future research in SPL.…”

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Personal and Professional Reflections on the History and Future of the JLSP

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In this essay, I introduce a personal perspective on how the JLSP emerged and developed with respect to some of its key moments. In addition, I provide suggestions about how future research in the social psychology of language could contribute to its growth. A case is made for renewed efforts to engage societally-meaningful research questions on an array of proposed topics that could benefit a range of communities’ own felt needs and concerns.

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2023

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Playing well with others: The role of opponent and intergroup anxiety in the reduction of prejudice through collaborative video game play.

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Kedra

2020

Psychology of Popular Media

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Recent work on the social effects of video gaming has moved away from the view they are detrimental, and has instead demonstrated how they may be a force for good. One example is how collaborative intergroup play can reduce prejudice between groups. However, this literature is at a nascent stage, and many of the intricacies of such a mechanism are unknown. Previous work has predominantly used attitude scales and ignored other measures. Factors such as the role of the opponent in games and what may be the mechanism behind any effects have likewise received little attention. In this laboratory study, participants played collaborative games with an outgroup member or alone. Their opponent was also reported to be computer controlled or controlled by another person. Following play, intergroup anxiety was reported, and participants wrote a short passage of prose regarding the outgroup and rated on attitude scales. Analysis demonstrated that playing with outgroup members was indeed an effective method of increasing the positivity toward outgroup members, reflected in both scale and prose measures. Anxiety was also found to be a significant mediator; however, it was less clear whether a human opponent moderated any effects. Further ideas of how these findings could be developed are then discussed. Public Policy Relevance StatementPlaying collaborative video games with individuals who belong to rival groups reduces subsequent prejudice toward that group as a whole. This is reflected not only in attitude measures but also in the language used to refer to that group. The effect seems to be mediated by reducing anxiety about another group's members, and does not seem reliant on playing against a human opponent. This offers a useful and efficient way to improve relations between rival groups.

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Prologue: History, Themes, Analysis, and Rationale

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In this Special Issue, we commemorate 40 years of publishing research in the Journal of Language & Social Psychology (JLSP). We first provide a brief glimpse of the history of the field of language and social psychology and the emergence of JLSP within it. This is then developed further by exploring the themes—and the relationships between them—arising over the four decades of the journal, by means of a Leximancer analysis of the titles and abstracts of all research articles since the journal’s inception. We describe our data-driven rationale for the topics selected for the Anniversary Issue and provide an overview of the articles that follow this Prologue; we highlight their unique features and contributions to the advancement of the field of language and social psychology.

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Epilogue

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Personal and Professional Reflections on the History and Future of the JLSP

Personal and Professional Reflections on the History and Future of the JLSP

Playing well with others: The role of opponent and intergroup anxiety in the reduction of prejudice through collaborative video game play.

Prologue: History, Themes, Analysis, and Rationale

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