对社交媒体上关于种族歧视的讨论的观察者谴责否认,但也接受它
Kiara L Sanchez1, Maggie Harrington2, Cinoo Lee2
1Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Dartmouth College, Hanover, 03755, USA. kiara.l.sanchez@dartmouth.edu.
Scientific reports
|August 6, 2024
概括
观察在线关于种族主义的讨论,即使否认被认为是不支持的,也会对人们如何看待歧视和支持种族正义对话产生负面影响.
科学领域:
- 社会心理学 社会心理学
- 沟通研究 沟通研究
- 在线行为在线行为
背景情况:
- 分享与种族主义或种族歧视披露的经验,提高了认识,并启动了关于种族的对话.
- 社交媒体平台是这些讨论的关键舞台,引发了各种各样的用户回应.
- 之前的研究集中在披露者和听众;这项研究考察了在线种族歧视话语的观察者.
研究的目的:
- 调查观察社交媒体上代言种族谈话的影响.
- 确定对种族歧视披露的初始反应 (否认与验证) 如何影响观察者的态度.
- 探索代用种族谈话对种族主义观念和支持反歧视努力的更广泛影响.
主要方法:
- 通过使用真实的社交媒体帖子进行了一系列实验.
- 参与者观察到对种族歧视披露的反应,在否认和验证之间有所不同.
- 观察者的看法,对海报的态度以及对歧视讨论的一般支持得到了衡量.
主要成果:
- 当观察者目睹否认时,他们对目标的反应较弱,尽管他们认为否认对目标的支持较少.
- 对拒绝反应的暴露导致对在线关于歧视讨论的支持减少.
- 探索性发现表明,观看拒绝导致判断违规者不那么种族主义,增加了个人拒绝.
结论:
- 网上对种族歧视披露的反应的性质显著塑造了观察者的态度和看法.
- 即使有意识地承认否认是不支持的,观察者对海报和歧视问题的看法也可能受到负面影响.
- 社交媒体在代言种族谈话中的作用有后果,可能会降低种族歧视这一更广泛的主题的价值.
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