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Strategic attitude expressions as identity performance and identity creation in interaction
Caoimhe O'Reilly1, Shane Mannion2, Paul J Maher3
1Department of Psychology, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland. Caoimhe.Oreilly@ul.ie.
Communications Psychology
|September 6, 2024
Summary
People express attitudes online to align with social groups, influencing identity. This study shows how online behavior shapes social identity through group dynamics and opinion expression.
Area of Science:
- Social Psychology
- Computational Social Science
- Political Communication
Background:
- Understanding how individuals express and align attitudes within social networks is crucial for comprehending group dynamics and identity formation.
- The Russo-Ukrainian War provides a significant real-world context for examining public opinion expression and its social ramifications.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate the strategic alignment of attitudes and the construction of attitude-based identity.
- To analyze how social network structures influence public expression of attitudes towards geopolitical events.
- To examine the interplay between attitude interaction, attitude alignment, and social identification within groups.
Main Methods:
- Study 1: Analyzed Twitter hashtags (N=8149) related to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine over five months.
- Study 2: Conducted a preregistered online experiment with European participants (N=1368) using Prolific.
Main Results:
- Individuals' expressed hashtags on Twitter mirrored those of users within their followership network, indicating alignment.
- Attitude interaction with ingroup members promoted attitude alignment.
- Achieved attitude alignment reinforced the social identification that initially motivated the alignment.
Conclusions:
- Attitude expression is performative, shaped by audience and group relationships.
- Social identity can be influenced and constrained by opinion-based identity performance within social contexts.
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