Melissa C Williams
Biographic Data
| ID | 3797981 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Melissa C Williams |
| GIVEN NAMES | Melissa C |
| FAMILY NAME | Williams |
| SIGNATURE | WILLIAMS M C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Winthrop University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2483-7062 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
"Hell No, We Won’t Go!"
The view of the blue is bigger than black and white
Using the social identity theory, this exploratory study looked at how mass media, race, age, gender, and politic affiliation contribute to Americans’ attitude toward the police. Findings indicate one’s social identity and identification with police play a substantial role in how people choose to view police. Additionally, increased media trust and resulted in more positive perceptions of police, and people who listened to radio news more frequen…
Reactions to Prayer at Governmental Meetings
An interaction of mean ratings of support and intent to vote for officials between scenarios in which the religion of a government official offering a prayer was experimentally manipulated, and the reported reaction of the community, was related to 64 college women's support and intention to vote for the official. Importance of religion to the participants contributed significant variance as a covariate
Measuring Theodicy
Measuring Theodicy
Reactions to Prayer at Governmental Meetings
An interaction of mean ratings of support and intent to vote for officials between scenarios in which the religion of a government official offering a prayer was experimentally manipulated, and the reported reaction of the community, was related to 64 college women's support and intention to vote for the official. Importance of religion to the participants contributed significant variance as a covariate
The view of the blue is bigger than black and white
Using the social identity theory, this exploratory study looked at how mass media, race, age, gender, and politic affiliation contribute to Americans’ attitude toward the police. Findings indicate one’s social identity and identification with police play a substantial role in how people choose to view police. Additionally, increased media trust and resulted in more positive perceptions of police, and people who listened to radio news more frequen…
"Hell No, We Won’t Go!"
Psychology (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Perception (2 works) · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology (2 works) · Social Psychology (2 works) · Action (physics) (1 work) · Attribution (1 work) · Attribution bias (1 work) · Collective action (1 work) · Construct (python library (1 work)