Dangerous Speech: A Cross-Cultural Study of Dehumanization and Revenge

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作者
Kiper, Jordan [1 ]
Lillie, Christine [2 ]
Wilson, Richard A. [3 ]
Knapp, Brock [4 ]
Gwon, Yeongjin [5 ]
Harris, Lasana T. [6 ]
机构
[1] Univ Alabama Birmingham, Dept Anthropol, Birmingham, AL USA
[2] Duke Univ, Dept Psychol & Neurosci, Durham, NC USA
[3] Univ Connecticut, Sch Law, Law & Anthropol, Hartford, CT USA
[4] George Washington Univ, Sch Med & Hlth Sci, Washington, DC USA
[5] Univ Nebraska Med Ctr, Dept Biostat, Omaha, NE USA
[6] UCL, Dept Expt Psychol, London, England
关键词
Bayesian regression; dehumanization; facial electromyography (fEMG); international criminal tribunals; propaganda; speech crime trials; PROPAGANDA; VIOLENCE; NEUROBIOLOGY;
D O I
10.1163/15685373-12340157
中图分类号
B84 [心理学];
学科分类号
04 ; 0402 ;
摘要
Dehumanization is routinely invoked in social science and law as the primary fac-tor in explaining how propaganda encourages support for, or participation in, vio-lence against targeted outgroups. Yet the primacy of dehumanization is increasingly challenged by the apparent influence of revenge on collective violence. This study examines critically how various propaganda influence audiences. Although previous research stresses the dangers of dehumanizing propaganda, a recently published study found that only revenge propaganda significantly lowered outgroup empathy. Given the importance of these findings for law and the behavioral sciences, this research augments that recent study with two additional samples that were culturally distinct from the prior findings, showing again that only revenge propaganda was significant. To explore this effect further, we also conducted a facial electromyography (fEMG) among a small set of participants, finding that revenge triggered significantly stronger negative emotions against outgroups than dehumanization.
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页码:170 / 200
页数:31
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