Attributions of Hate
| Autor: | Ryan M. Quist, Douglas M. Wiegand |
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| Rok vydání: | 2002 |
| Předmět: |
Cultural Studies
Sociology and Political Science Social Psychology media_common.quotation_subject 05 social sciences General Social Sciences Poison control 050109 social psychology Context (language use) 050105 experimental psychology Education Politics Sympathy 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Ideology Homosexuality Situational ethics Psychology Attribution Social psychology media_common |
| Zdroj: | American Behavioral Scientist. 46:93-107 |
| ISSN: | 1552-3381 0002-7642 |
| Popis: | Attributions are examined within the context of media representations of an antigay hate crime. It was predicted that media sources from different political/ideological viewpoints would differ in their attributions regarding Matthew Shepard's murder, and these differences in attributions would be associated with overall attitudes toward homosexuality and hate crimes in general. Consistent with the authors' predictions, conservative media representations were less likely to attribute the incident itself to the political climate, thereby downplaying the role of situational factors. At the same time, the same conservative representations presented homosexuality as a controllable condition, thereby emphasizing situational attributions. In addition, a regression analysis suggests that attributions mediate the relationship between political viewpoint and (a) attitudes toward stricter hate crime legislation and (b) sympathy toward the gay community. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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