What Are We Fighting For? Lay Theories About the Goals and Motivations of Anti-Racism Activism

Pham, Minh Duc; Chaney, Kimberly E.; Ramírez-Esparza, Nairán

doi:10.1007/s12552-023-09393-8

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“…This technique uses Principal Component Analysis to identify how content words cluster statistically after varimax rotation. The approach, which first removes style words (e.g., articles, prepositions, pronouns) and low base‐rate words to prepare for the analysis of content words, has received robust support in communication research and psychology as a way to systematically evaluate themes and topics from large text collections (Blackburn et al, 2018; Chung & Pennebaker, 2008; Fauville et al, 2023; Markowitz & Slovic, 2020; Pham et al, 2023; Ramirez‐esparza et al, 2008; Rubaltelli et al, 2023). Consistent with prior work (Foxman et al, 2021; Markowitz, 2021), the number of extracted themes was determined by a combination of scree plot evidence, variance explained (e.g., each additional theme should contribute a nontrivial amount of added variance), and thematic interpretability.…”

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Deconstructing deception: Frequency, communicator characteristics, and linguistic features of embeddedness

Markowitz

2024

Applied Cognitive Psychology

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Deceptive and truthful statements draw on a common pool of communication data, and they are typically embedded within false and truthful narratives. How often does embeddedness occur, who communicates embedded deceptions and truths, and what linguistic characteristics reveal embeddedness? In this study, nearly 800 participants deceived or told the truth about their friends and indicated the embedded deceptions (e.g., false statements told within entirely false or truthful messages) and truths (e.g., truthful statements told within entirely false or truthful messages). Embedded deceiving and truth‐telling rates were only statistically different among those who were instructed to tell the truth. Therefore, the distribution of embedded deceptions and truths were similar for false statements, but dissimilar for truthful statements. Embedded truths were also more likely to be written by women (vs men), liberals (vs conservatives), and communicated in a formal versus narrative style. Theoretical implications are discussed.

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Deconstructing deception: Frequency, communicator characteristics, and linguistic features of embeddedness

Markowitz

2024

Applied Cognitive Psychology

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“…To accomplish this aim, embedded lies and embedded truths were independently submitted to the Meaning Extraction Method Markowitz, 2021), a technique that uses Principal Component Analysis to identify how content words cluster statistically after varimax rotation. This approach, which first removes style words (e.g., articles, prepositions, pronouns) and low base-rate words to prepare for the analysis of content words, has received robust support in communication research and psychology as a way to systematically evaluate themes and topics from large text collections (Blackburn et al, 2018;Fauville et al, 2023;Markowitz & Slovic, 2020;Pham et al, 2023;Ramirez-esparza et al, 2008;Rubaltelli et al, 2023). Consistent with prior work (Foxman et al, 2021;Markowitz, 2021), the number of extracted themes was determined by a combination of scree plot evidence, variance explained (e.g., each additional theme should contribute a nontrivial amount of added variance), and thematic interpretability.…”

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Deconstructing Deception: Frequency, Communicator Characteristics, and Linguistic Features of Embeddedness

Markowitz

2023

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An inaccurate dichotomy often exists in deception research where scholars assume bald-faced lies are entirely false and bald-faced truths are entirely truthful. A more accurate description suggests lies and truths draw on a common pool of information, and they are typically embedded within false and truthful narratives. How often does embeddedness occur, who communicates embedded lies and truths, and what linguistic characteristics reveal embeddedness? In this study, nearly 800 participants lied or told the truth about their friends and indicated the embedded lies and truths within their texts (total N = 11,551). Embedded lying and truth-telling rates were not statistically different among those who were instructed to lie, but they were statistically different among those who were instructed to tell the truth. Embedded truths were also more likely to be written by women (versus men), liberals (versus conservatives), and communicated in a formal versus narrative style. Theoretical implications are discussed.

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“…Finally, the present research focused on Black Americans’ perceptions of the origins of “prejudice,” not “racism” or “anti-Black racism.” While we hypothesize that “racism” might be the most salient form of prejudice for Black Americans, we encourage future research to consider whether LTP origins may vary when racism is highlighted, rather than prejudice broadly. Indeed, racism may be understood more broadly as both biased interpersonal behaviors and oppressive structures/systems (e.g., Salter et al, 2018 ; Pham et al, 2023 ), thus resulting in different patterns of LTPs.…”

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Black Americans suppress emotions when prejudice is believed to stem from shared ignorance

Chaney,

Pham,

Cipollina

2024

Front. Psychol.

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Past research examining lay theories of the origins of prejudice has focused on white Americans and has not considered how Black Americans’ lay theories of prejudice may impact emotion regulation following discrimination. Across three samples of Black Americans (N = 419), the present research examined relationships between endorsement of two lay theories of prejudice origins (1, beliefs that prejudice stems from shared social ignorance and 2, that prejudice stems from malice). Stronger beliefs that prejudice stems from shared ignorance were associated with greater expression suppression following experiences of racial discrimination (studies 1b and 2), which was, in turn, associated with psychological distress (study 2). By centering the beliefs and experiences of Black Americans in response to discrimination events, the present research has implications for understanding how emotion regulation following racial discrimination is impacted by marginalized groups’ conceptualizations of prejudice. Future research should investigate how these factors impact health disparities.

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What Are We Fighting For? Lay Theories About the Goals and Motivations of Anti-Racism Activism

Cited by 4 publications

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Deconstructing deception: Frequency, communicator characteristics, and linguistic features of embeddedness

Deconstructing deception: Frequency, communicator characteristics, and linguistic features of embeddedness

Deconstructing Deception: Frequency, Communicator Characteristics, and Linguistic Features of Embeddedness

Black Americans suppress emotions when prejudice is believed to stem from shared ignorance

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