Kiper, Jordan;
Lillie, Christine;
Wilson, Richard A;
Knapp, Brock;
Gwon, Yeongjin;
Harris, Lasana T;
(2023)
Dangerous Speech: A Cross-Cultural Study of Dehumanization and Revenge.
Journal of Cognition and Culture
, 23
(1-2)
pp. 170-200.
10.1163/15685373-12340157.
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Abstract
Dehumanization is routinely invoked in social science and law as the primary factor in explaining how propaganda encourages support for, or participation in, violence 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.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Dangerous Speech: A Cross-Cultural Study of Dehumanization and Revenge |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1163/15685373-12340157 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1163/15685373-12340157 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher's terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Bayesian regression; dehumanization; facial electromyography (fEMG); international criminal tribunals; propaganda; speech crime trials |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Div of Psychology and Lang Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Div of Psychology and Lang Sciences > Experimental Psychology |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10172234 |
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