“If it hooks you, share it on social networks”. Joint effects of character similarity and imagined contact on the intention to share a short narrative in favor of immigration

Perosanz, Juan José Igartúa; Wojcieszak, M; Cachón-Ramón, D; Guerrero-Martín, Íñigo

doi:10.4185/rlcs-2017-1209en

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“…In the specific case of refugees, an experiment by Cameron, Rutland, Brown, and Douch (2006) also demonstrated the effectiveness of extended contact in reducing negative attitudes toward refugees among children. Furthermore, imagined contact refers to imagining positive contact with out-group members (Harwood & Joyce, 2012), which has also been shown to reduce intergroup bias and prejudice (Hewstone & Swart, 2011), and to promote identification with a stigmatized immigrant (Igartua, Wojcieszak, Cachón-Ramón, & Guerrero-Martín, 2017). Computer-mediated contact “enables contact among individuals who otherwise would not have the opportunity to meet in person” (Dovidio et al, 2017, p. 608–609).…”

Section: Theoretical Frameworkmentioning

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The contact hypothesis during the European refugee crisis: Relating quality and quantity of (in)direct intergroup contact to attitudes towards refugees

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Rodríguez-de-Dios²,

d’Haenens

2020

Group Processes & Intergroup Relations

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Research shows that direct and indirect intergroup contact reduces levels of prejudice towards immigrants. However, no research so far has explored the association of these different forms of contact with attitudes towards refugees. The present study analyses the relationship between the frequency and valence of direct intergroup contact with people with a migration background, the frequency of indirect contact with news on refugees, and the perception of realistic and symbolic threat, and attitudes towards refugees among adults in four European countries (Belgium, France, the Netherlands, Sweden). Data were collected in 2017 via online questionnaires ( N = 6,000). Using structural equation modelling, findings indicate that interethnic contact is positively related to attitudes towards refugees. Moreover, valence of direct contact is found to be more important to attitude formation than its frequency. Regarding indirect contact, exposure to news on refugees and public news consumption are positively related to attitudes, while commercial news consumption is negatively related to attitudes.

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The contact hypothesis during the European refugee crisis: Relating quality and quantity of (in)direct intergroup contact to attitudes towards refugees

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Rodríguez-de-Dios²,

d’Haenens

2020

Group Processes & Intergroup Relations

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“…However, its actual impact on social media may have been more modest since very few likes and retweets of the actual campaign have been recorded. In this regard, future research studies (or advocacy campaigns) may consider research designs that involve sharing and reposting positive stories on social media as a behavioral response (e.g., Igartua et al, 2017). This is particularly important in the context of messages around immigration that proliferate on social media, where rumors and negative content spread easily (e.g., Ben-David & Matamoros-Fernández, 2016).…”

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Moral exemplars promote positive attitudes, beliefs, intentions, and behaviors toward outgroups during the COVID-19 pandemic: The explanatory role of self-transcendent emotions

Alonso‐Arbiol

Bobowik

Pascual

et al. 2023

Group Processes & Intergroup Relations

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Due to their response at the COVID-19 frontline, migrant essential workers became moral exemplars likely to boost emotions such as gratitude or admiration. We examined the effect of moral exemplars on outgroup attitudes, beliefs about the outgroup, intentions and behavior toward the outgroup, as well as the role of self-transcendent emotions in this link. Participants of an online panel-based experimental study ( N = 651) were randomly assigned to either watch a video clip with a story about migrant essential workers during the COVID-19 pandemic (i.e., the moral exemplars condition) or to watch a neutral video involving migrants (i.e., the control condition), and were invited to fill in a questionnaire and donate money to an association fighting for immigrants’ rights. Compared to the control condition, participants in the moral exemplars condition manifested more positive outgroup attitudes, beliefs about the outgroup, and were more willing to help the outgroup, also via self-transcendent emotions. The exposure to the moral exemplars narrative was linked with more helping behavior (a donation to an NGO) only indirectly via self-transcendent emotions. Moral exemplars proved useful in promoting positive attitudes and prosociality toward immigrants.

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“…Hun conclusie wordt gedeeld door Cohen, Weimann-Saks en Mazor-Tregerman (2017), die geen significante effecten vonden voor hun vier verschillende manipulaties van gelijkenis (nationaliteit en geslacht in studie 1; leeftijd en woonplaats in studie 2). Er zijn echter ook andere, recente studies (bijvoorbeeld Hoeken, Kolthoff, & Sanders, 2016;Igartua, Wojcieszak, Cachón-Ramón, & Guerrero-Martín, 2017) waarin de manipulatie van gelijkenis wel positieve effecten had op identificatie en overtuigingskracht. Het is zelfs zo dat in bijna identieke experimenten verschillende uitkomsten gevonden worden voor gelijkenis.…”

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Hoeks²,

Jansen

2019

Tijdschrift Voor Taalbeheersing

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“If it hooks you, share it on social networks”. Joint effects of character similarity and imagined contact on the intention to share a short narrative in favor of immigration

Cited by 8 publications

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The contact hypothesis during the European refugee crisis: Relating quality and quantity of (in)direct intergroup contact to attitudes towards refugees

The contact hypothesis during the European refugee crisis: Relating quality and quantity of (in)direct intergroup contact to attitudes towards refugees

Moral exemplars promote positive attitudes, beliefs, intentions, and behaviors toward outgroups during the COVID-19 pandemic: The explanatory role of self-transcendent emotions

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