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  • The Politicization of Migrants: Further Evidence that Politicized Collective Identity is a Dual Identity
    Political Psychology, 2010
    Co-Authors: Bernd Simon, Olga Grabow
    Abstract:

    The article examines the role of Collective Identification processes in the politicization of Russian migrants in Germany. Building on the assumption that politicized Collective identity (PCI) is a dual identity, the authors predicted and found that dual Identification as both Russian and German was positively related to politicization among members of the Russian minority in Germany. This relationship held up even when the influences of several sociodemographic variables, past political activity, and other forms of Collective Identification were statistically controlled. In addition, perceived maltreatment of Russian migrants in Germany moderated the relationship between dual Identification and politicization in keeping with the theoretical assumption that the development of PCI presupposes high awareness of shared grievances. Finally, dual Identification was unrelated to acceptance of political violence, but positively related to self-restriction to peaceful political means. The constructive role of politicization driven by dual Identification in social integration is discussed.

  • Pathways to Collective protest: Calculation, Identification, or emotion? A critical analysis of the role of group-based anger in social movement participation
    Journal of Social Issues, 2009
    Co-Authors: Stefan Stürmer, Bernd Simon
    Abstract:

    The dual-pathway model of Collective action proposes two motivational pathways to Collective protest, one is based on cost–benefit calculations and another is based on Collective Identification. The present research examined the role of feelings of group-based anger as an additional path. Study 1, a field study in the context of students’ protest in Germany (N = 201), provided evidence for a unique effect of anger. Study 2, a laboratory experiment (N=182), examined the desire to release aggressive tension as a psychological process underlying this effect. As hypothe- sized, analyses confirmed that anger affected participants’ willingness to protest only to the extent that this behavior provided the opportunity of cathartic reduc- tion in aggressive tensions.Moreover, an experimental manipulation providing an alternative means to release tension reduced the relationship between anger and willingness to protest to nonsignificance. The implications of these findings for reconceptualizing the role of anger in Collective protest are discussed

  • Identity and politicization among Turkish migrants in Germany: The role of dual Identification.
    Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 2008
    Co-Authors: Bernd Simon, Daniela Ruhs
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    The article examines the role of Collective Identification processes in the politicization of Turkish migrants in Germany. Building on the suggestion that politicized Collective identity is a dual identity, the authors predicted and found that dual Identification as both Turkish and German was positively related to politicization among members of the Turkish minority in Germany. This relationship was found in both cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses and held up even when the influence of sociodemographic variables, past political activity, and other forms of Collective Identification were statistically controlled, suggesting a unique and causal role of dual Identification. However, there was no evidence that dual Identification fosters radicalization or even political violence. The implications for social integration of politicization driven by dual Identification are discussed, as is the interplay of dual Identification and separatist Identification that could underlie the shift from involvement in normative politics to radicalization.

  • the role of Collective Identification in social movement participation a panel study in the context of the german gay movement
    Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 2004
    Co-Authors: Stefan Stürmer, Bernd Simon
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    The authors conducted a panel study with two points of measurement throughout a 12-month interval in the context of the German gay movement to test the predictive power of Collective Identification in subsequent actual social movement participation. Regression analyses including cross-lagged panel analyses clearly confirmed the hypothesized unique predictive value of Identification with a formal social movement organization above and beyond the role the Collective, normative, and reward motives traditionally considered in social movement research. Of the three motives, the normative motive was particularly predictive. Moreover, data from an additional telephone follow-up (3 years after the initial measurement) suggests that when the conflict with political opponents becomes particularly fierce, Identification with the broader recruitment category, which was previously ineffective as a unique predictor, can politicize to such an extent that it also becomes a strong predictor of participation.

  • The dual-pathway model of social movement participation: The case of the fat acceptance movement
    Social Psychology Quarterly, 2003
    Co-Authors: Stefan Stürmer, Bernd Simon, Michael I Loewy, Heike Jörger
    Abstract:

    We conducted a field study in the context of the U.S. fat acceptance movement to examine two possible pathways to social movement participation. One pathway concerns the calculation of the costs and benefits of participation; the other concerns Collective Identification with a social movement organization (SMO). Multiple regression analysis confirmed that calculation and Collective Identification processes made unique contributions to the prediction of willingness to participate. We also found that both processes exert additive effects rather than interactive effects on willingness to participate. Moreover, mediational analyses suggest that the effect of Identification with the SMO on willingness to participate is mediated by an inner obligation to behave as a good group member. Whereas the calculation pathway is interpreted in terms of instrumental involvement motivated by specific extrinsic rewards, the Identification pathway seems to represent intrinsic involvement based on the internalization of group-specific behavioral standards.

Stefan Stürmer - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Pathways to Collective protest: Calculation, Identification, or emotion? A critical analysis of the role of group-based anger in social movement participation
    Journal of Social Issues, 2009
    Co-Authors: Stefan Stürmer, Bernd Simon
    Abstract:

    The dual-pathway model of Collective action proposes two motivational pathways to Collective protest, one is based on cost–benefit calculations and another is based on Collective Identification. The present research examined the role of feelings of group-based anger as an additional path. Study 1, a field study in the context of students’ protest in Germany (N = 201), provided evidence for a unique effect of anger. Study 2, a laboratory experiment (N=182), examined the desire to release aggressive tension as a psychological process underlying this effect. As hypothe- sized, analyses confirmed that anger affected participants’ willingness to protest only to the extent that this behavior provided the opportunity of cathartic reduc- tion in aggressive tensions.Moreover, an experimental manipulation providing an alternative means to release tension reduced the relationship between anger and willingness to protest to nonsignificance. The implications of these findings for reconceptualizing the role of anger in Collective protest are discussed

  • the role of Collective Identification in social movement participation a panel study in the context of the german gay movement
    Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 2004
    Co-Authors: Stefan Stürmer, Bernd Simon
    Abstract:

    The authors conducted a panel study with two points of measurement throughout a 12-month interval in the context of the German gay movement to test the predictive power of Collective Identification in subsequent actual social movement participation. Regression analyses including cross-lagged panel analyses clearly confirmed the hypothesized unique predictive value of Identification with a formal social movement organization above and beyond the role the Collective, normative, and reward motives traditionally considered in social movement research. Of the three motives, the normative motive was particularly predictive. Moreover, data from an additional telephone follow-up (3 years after the initial measurement) suggests that when the conflict with political opponents becomes particularly fierce, Identification with the broader recruitment category, which was previously ineffective as a unique predictor, can politicize to such an extent that it also becomes a strong predictor of participation.

  • The dual-pathway model of social movement participation: The case of the fat acceptance movement
    Social Psychology Quarterly, 2003
    Co-Authors: Stefan Stürmer, Bernd Simon, Michael I Loewy, Heike Jörger
    Abstract:

    We conducted a field study in the context of the U.S. fat acceptance movement to examine two possible pathways to social movement participation. One pathway concerns the calculation of the costs and benefits of participation; the other concerns Collective Identification with a social movement organization (SMO). Multiple regression analysis confirmed that calculation and Collective Identification processes made unique contributions to the prediction of willingness to participate. We also found that both processes exert additive effects rather than interactive effects on willingness to participate. Moreover, mediational analyses suggest that the effect of Identification with the SMO on willingness to participate is mediated by an inner obligation to behave as a good group member. Whereas the calculation pathway is interpreted in terms of instrumental involvement motivated by specific extrinsic rewards, the Identification pathway seems to represent intrinsic involvement based on the internalization of group-specific behavioral standards.

  • respect for group members intragroup determinants of Collective Identification and group serving behavior
    Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 2003
    Co-Authors: Bernd Simon, Stefan Stürmer
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    This experiment examined how (disrespectful vs. respectful) treatment and (negative vs. positive) performance evaluation, both received from the same fellow group members, affects Collective Identification and willingness to engage in group-serving behavior. It was predicted and found that respectful as opposed to disrespectful intragroup treatment increased Collective Identification and willingness to engage in group-serving behavior in the immediate group situation, irrespective of whether intragroup evaluation was positive or negative. There was also evidence of a mediating role of Collective Identification. Regression analyses based on the measurement of perceived intragroup treatment and perceived intragroup evaluation as continuous variables corroborated these findings but also pointed to limits of the positive effects of respectful intragroup treatment. Finally, the interrelation of treatment and evaluation by fellow group members as two possible components of intragroup respect are discussed as we...

  • helping individuals or group members the role of individual and Collective Identification in aids volunteerism
    Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 2000
    Co-Authors: Bernd Simon, Stefan Stürmer, Kerstin Steffens
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    This article presents a group-level perspective on helping that was tested in the context of AIDS volunteerism. It was predicted and found that homosexuals were more willing to volunteer when Collective Identification in terms of sexual orientation was high. The opposite trend was found for heterosexuals. Also as predicted, homosexuals were less willing to volunteer when Identification as a unique individual was high, whereas the opposite was again true for heterosexuals. Thus, AIDS volunteerism emerged as a form of intragroup helping for homosexuals and as a form of interindividual helping for heterosexuals. In addition, Identification with the AIDS volunteer service organization proved to be a positive predictor of AIDS volunteerism regardless of sexual orientation. Finally, two individual motivations emerged as positive predictors, namely, gaining knowledge and understanding emerged for homosexuals and expressing humanitarian values emerged for heterosexuals. The results are summarized in a dual-pathwa...

Jay J Van Bavel - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • group membership alters the threshold for mind perception the role of social identity Collective Identification and intergroup threat
    Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 2014
    Co-Authors: Leor M Hackel, Christine E Looser, Jay J Van Bavel
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    Abstract Human faces are used as cues to the presence of social agents, and the ability to detect minds and mental states in others occupies a central role in social interaction. In the current research, we present evidence that the human propensity for mind perception is bound by social group membership. Specifically, we show how Identification with different social groups influences the threshold for mind perception. In three experiments, participants assessed a continuum of face morphs that ranged from human to doll faces. These faces were described as in-group or out-group members. Participants had higher (i.e., more stringent) thresholds for perceiving minds behind out-group faces, both in minimal (Experiment 1) and real-world groups (Experiment 2). In other words, out-group members required more humanness than in-group members to be perceived as having minds. This intergroup bias in mind perception was moderated by Collective Identification, such that highly identified group members had the highest threshold for perceiving minds behind out-group relative to in-group faces. In contrast, Democrats and Republicans who perceived the other party as threatening had lower thresholds for perceiving minds behind out-group faces (Experiment 3). These experiments suggest that mind perception is a dynamic process in which relevant contextual information such as social identity and out-group threat change the interpretation of physical features that signal the presence of another mind. Implications for mind perception, dehumanization, and intergroup relations are discussed. (229 words)

  • a social identity approach to person memory group membership Collective Identification and social role shape attention and memory
    Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 2012
    Co-Authors: Jay J Van Bavel, William A Cunningham
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    Evidence indicates that superior memory for own-group versus other-group faces (termed own-group bias) occurs because of social categorization: People are more likely to encode own-group members as individuals. The authors show that aspects of the perceiver’s social identity shape social attention and memory over and above mere categorization. In three experiments, participants were assigned to a mixed-race minimal group and showed own-group bias toward this minimal group, regardless of race. Own-group bias was mediated by attention toward own-group faces during encoding (Experiment 1). Furthermore, participants who were highly identified with their minimal group had the largest own-group bias (Experiment 2). However, social affordances attenuated own-group bias—Memory for other-group faces was heightened among participants who were assigned to a role (i.e., spy) that required attention toward other-group members (Experiment 3). This research suggests that social identity may provide novel insights into p...

  • See Your Friends Close and Your Enemies Closer: Social Identity and Identity Threat Shape the Representation of Physical Distance
    Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 2012
    Co-Authors: Y. Jenny Xiao, Jay J Van Bavel
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    Three studies demonstrated that Collective identity and identity threat shape representations of the physical world. In Study 1, New York Yankees fans estimated Fenway Park, the stadium of a threatening out-group (but not Camden Yards, the stadium of a neutral out-group) to be closer than did non-Yankees fans. In Study 2, the authors manipulated identity threat among people affiliated (or not) with New York University (NYU). When Columbia University was portrayed as threatening to NYU, NYU affiliates estimated Columbia as closer than did non-affiliates, compared with when Columbia was nonthreatening. In Study 3, Americans who perceived more symbolic threats from Mexican immigration estimated Mexico City as closer. Collective Identification with the in-group moderated effects of threat on distance estimations. These studies suggest that social categorization, Collective Identification, and identity threat work in concert to shape the representations of the physical world.

Pauline Ketelaars - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • transnational Collective Identification may day and climate change protesters Identification with similar protest events in other countries
    Mobilization. - San Diego Calif. 1996 currens, 2012
    Co-Authors: Stefaan Walgrave, Ruud Wouters, Jeroen Van Laer, Joris Verhulst, Pauline Ketelaars
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    †Why do some people participating in transnational protest events identify with their foreign counterparts while others participating in the same events do not? We find that participants in a series of May Day and climate change events are aware that the events are part of a broader struggle, and many in fact identify with their overseas counterparts. However, there are differences between demonstrations. Some are populated with people who identify transnationally, while others are comprised of participants who more closely identify with their national companions. Focusing on differences in transnational Identification at the participant level, our findings can be summarized in two statements: (1) protest participation is a stronger producer of transnational Identification than associational activism; (2) expressive protesters identify more transnationally than instrumentally motivated protesters. Social movement researchers have increasingly studied the transnationalization of movements and protest. Numerous studies have addressed what appears to be an increase in the transnational organization of the social movement sector (e.g., see Bandy and Smith 2005; Smith, Chatfield, and Pagnucco 1997). Scholarly interest in the transnationalization of movements has not stopped at the 1999 Battle of Seattle. A recent example is the Indignados movement that started in Spain, fueled the Occupy movement across the Atlantic, and then spread all over the globe, gaining a fair amount of media coverage and sympathy. Most research has focused on assessing the transnational character of specific movements or particular protest events. On the one hand, the basic tenet of a large volume of work on transnationalization has been that organizing transnationally has become more necessary for social movements—as political and economic decisions are shifting to the international level, movements increasingly need to target international or transnational agencies. Some have spoken about an increasingly conducive transnational opportunity structure (Tarrow 2005). On the other hand, due to technological and mobility-related developments, transnational protests and movements are now easier to organize than they used to be (della Porta and Tarrow 2005). As is often the case with social movement research in general, research on transnational movements and protest has not give center stage to the individual participant. The elite level (leaders, professional activists) and the organizational level (politics and society) attracted the lion’s share of attention (e.g., Keck and Sikkink 1998). This article, in contrast, focuses on the level of the individual grassroots participant in transnational Collective action events. It deals with transnational movements and protest from the perspective of the individual participant. The double question we set out to answer is simple: To what extent and why do participants in transnationally embedded protest events identify with their counterparts in other countries?

  • Transnational Collective Identification: May Day and Climate Change Protesters' Identification with Similar Protest Events in Other Countries
    Mobilization: An International Quarterly, 2012
    Co-Authors: Stefaan Walgrave, Ruud Wouters, Jeroen Van Laer, Joris Verhulst, Pauline Ketelaars
    Abstract:

    Why do some people participating in transnational protest events identify with their foreign counterparts while others participating in the same events do not? We find that participants in a series of May Day and climate change events are aware that the events are part of a broader struggle, and many in fact identify with their overseas counterparts. However, there are differences between demonstrations. Some are populated with people who identify transnationally, while others are comprised of participants who more closely identify with their national companions. Focusing on differences in transnational Identification at the participant level, our findings can be summarized in two statements: (1) protest participation is a stronger producer of transnational Identification than associational activism; (2) expressive protesters identify more transnationally than instrumentally motivated protesters.

Angela J Aguayo - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Documentary Resistance - Conclusion: The Documentary Commons and Conditions of Resistance
    Documentary Resistance, 2019
    Co-Authors: Angela J Aguayo
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    This chapter centers on the idea of the documentary commons as a framework for understanding documentary’s engagement with social change. In the developing public commons, the documentary impulse is a way of life and articulation of political information that produces a kind of democratic exchange with new patterns of public communication. With the pervasive use of cameras and live broadcasts, the documentary impulse is realizing its potential to create participatory media cultures. Among the topics in this chapter are the possibilities for future research and contributions to theories of social change, participatory media cultures, Collective Identification, and agency. This chapter also addresses the political economy of social change documentary, the ideological glass ceiling of mass media, and the role of professional opportunity and education in shaping social change expectations.

  • Documentary Resistance - Laboring under Documentary: Collective Identification and the Collapse of the American Working Class
    Documentary Resistance, 2019
    Co-Authors: Angela J Aguayo
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    The impulse to record and document labor struggle is almost as old as the concept of documentary itself. From the Worker’s Film and Photo League to the activist programming of Labor Beat, documentary has had an intimate relationship with the labor struggle. This chapter addresses the history of labor documentary production in the United States as an expression of radical ideology. Challenging the aesthetic form and content of the mainstream media, the labor movement is a loosely connected network of activists and artists across the country, engaged in efforts to produce media outside mainstream institutions. Specifically, this chapter focuses on elements of labor history that made significant contributions but are now largely ignored and undocumented: the efforts of radical women, rank-and-file amateur videographers, and undocumented workers. Existing on the fringes of the mainstream and counterculture, the work of women in alternative media in the early 1970s reflected a direct relationship between their lived experience, the camera, and political engagement, embodying a liberated agency that is magnified by the documentary camera. The chapter creates a portrait of the documentary commons as it expands and works for citizens in their daily lives. They represent a whole population of radical activists carving out a space for themselves to engage labor and social change with their cameras.

  • paradise lost and found popular documentary Collective Identification and participatory media culture
    Studies in Documentary Film, 2014
    Co-Authors: Angela J Aguayo
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    ABSTRACTThe circulation and reception of HBO's award winning documentaries, Paradise Lost (Berlinger and Sinofsky, 1996) and Paradise Lost 2: Revelations (Berlinger and Sinofsky, 2000), represent the beginning of an emerging form of democratic practice facilitated by documentary distribution and the Internet. Paradise Lost chronicles the legal case of three teenage boys convicted of murdering three other adolescent boys in West Memphis, Arkansas. Although nothing was unusual about the broadcasting of the documentary, the public reception of the film was extraordinary. The Paradise Lost documentaries became a nexus around which audiences congregated as juror-citizens. The films successfully generated and sustained an activist media culture by unifying and politicizing viewers through viral online networking, public deliberation, and the creation of an instrumental counter-public that also utilized traditional modes of political agitation in the world before social media. This article will analyse the const...