Now, I am off on a little pilgrimage - comments are appreciated and will be answered in two weeks ✌️
📄 Full preprint here:
👉 doi.org/10.31234/osf...

#OnlineHate #MoralJudgment #PoliticalPsychology #Ideology #Preprint

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Efforts to reduce online hate may need to go beyond content moderation.
They could benefit from drawing from interventions against :
▶️ Polarization
▶️ Norm misperceptions
▶️ Intergroup threat & conflict
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Why?
Differences in perceived dyadic harm.
Liberals and conservatives saw different groups as more vulnerable—or more responsible for the hate.
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🧠 Key finding: Contextual symmetry
Both liberals & conservatives condemned online hate more when their ideologically favored groups were targeted 📊
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We tested two competing hypotheses in two preregistered experiments:
🇩🇪 N = 903 Germans
🇺🇸 N = 490 Americans
We varied the targets of hate and measured moral condemnation.
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Online hate—directed at politicians, minorities, etc.—is all too common.
But do people judge it differently depending on who is targeted?
Are conservatives uniquely tolerant of online hate—or are both sides ideologically biased?
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📄 Preprint (open access + data):
doi.org/10.31234/osf...

#Ukraine #PoliticalPsychology #PAC @apajournals.bsky.social

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We argue:
🇷🇺 Russian disinfo campaigns likely provide narrative ground for the fear path (e.g., energy insecurity, war escalation).
&
Moral-based solidarity may stem from a consensus-driven, rally-'round-the-flag narrative in 🇩🇪 & other supporting countries.

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Predictors of each path:
➡️ Fear-based: Higher conspiracy mentality, East Germany residence
➡️ Moral-based: Higher national ID, left-leaning ideology, low populist party support

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Structural equation modeling (SEM) reveals:
Moral conviction ↑ solidarity
Existential fears ↓ solidarity

Different motivational pathways linked w/ different individual differences & psych. factors.

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What predicts solidarity with Ukraine?
We examined, among others:

Moral conviction-based motivation

Existential fears-based motivation

Conspiracy mentality

Relative deprivation

🧠 + key individual differences

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🇩🇪 In Sep 2022—amid strong support for Ukraine and record-high energy prices—we surveyed a nationally representative German sample (N = 1,210).
How do people navigate political solidarity under pressure?

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Still a space left? :)