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When Authoritarians Confront Prejudice. Differential Effects of SDO and RWA on Support for Hate‐Speech Prohibition

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ID6337285
AuthorsM Bilewicz (0000-0001-5027-1691, University of Warsaw, corresponding author), Wiktor Soral (0000-0003-2557-8071, Institute for Social Studies, University of Warsaw), Marta Marchlewska (0000-0003-2807-5189, Institute for Social Studies, University of Warsaw), Mikołaj Winiewski (0000-0002-8000-3038, Faculty of Psychology University of Warsaw)
Year2017
Volume38
Issue1
Pages87-99
Publication date2017-02-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePolitical Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0162-895X • E-ISSN: 1467-9221
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/pops.12313
OpenAlexW2172698650
LanguageEN
Citations received45
References cited50

Two nationwide representative studies (N = 653 adolescents; N = 1007 adults) investigated the psychological correlates of the intention to penalize public expressions of prejudice in the form of support for hate‐speech prohibition. We presented participants with preselected examples of hate speech from the Internet and other mass media and assessed their willingness to support the prohibition of public expressions of such remarks. Both studies found that social dominance orientation and right‐wing authoritarianism are positively correlated with outgroup prejudice, but they have differential effects on hate‐speech prohibition. Social dominance orientation was positively related to the acceptance of hate speech, whereas right‐wing authoritarianism was positively related to hate‐speech prohibition. In discussing this counterintuitive finding, we suggest that right‐wing authoritarians are particularly vigilant toward norm violations—and this makes them more punitive toward counternormative expressions of prejudice, such as hate speech

Authoritarianism · Democracy · Dominance (genetics · Outgroup · Political science · Politics · Prejudice (legal term · Social dominance orientation · Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression · Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection · Law · Psychology · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Psychology

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