Remembrance Day influence on national sentiments and hostility towards out-groups

Evidence from a panel study in Israel

Bibliographic Data

ID2147404
AuthorsG Ariely (0000-0002-3650-5196, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, corresponding author)
Year2017
Volume40
Issue14
Pages2596-2614
Publication date2017-11-14
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueEthnic and Racial Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0141-9870 • E-ISSN: 1466-4356
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/01419870.2016.1234629
OpenAlexW2530285729
LanguageEN
Citations received13
References cited45

While scholars have long emphasized the significant impact of national days on the masses, the actual impact of national days on people's national sentiments have been ignored. This study set out to examine the ways in which exposure to Remembrance Day impacts national sentiments and hostility towards out-groups. Unlike previous cross-sectional-design studies, it adopted longitudinal design in order to explore the actual impact of exposure to Remembrance Day amongst Israeli Jews. While exposure to Remembrance Day increased the respondents' sense of nationalism, neither their level of national identification and hostility towards out-groups nor the magnitude of the positive link between nationalism and hostility towards out-groups changed significantly. While national identification was unrelated to hostility prior to Remembrance Day, it became negatively related to it on Remembrance Day itself. The findings shed new light on the prevalent assumption regarding the impact national days have on public sentiment

Hostility · Political science · Sociology · Demography · Gender Studies · History · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Psychology · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Psychology · Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence

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