Allies or Agitators? How Partisan Identity Shapes Public Opinion about Violent or Nonviolent Protests

Hsiao, Yuan; Radnitz, Scott

doi:10.1080/10584609.2020.1793848

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“…In past experimental studies, conducted both in the United States and internationally, peaceful protests were perceived as more legitimate and morally advantageous, resulting in greater public support (Chenoweth & Stephan, 2011;Hsiao & Radnitz, 2020;Huff & Kruszewska;Schock, 2005;Thomas & Louis, 2014). The use of disruptive or unlawful tactics by protesters reduced identification with social movements and their goals (Feinberg et al, 2020;Simpson et al, 2018).…”

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“…These tactics included responding with violence following provocation (Gutting, 2020), displaying or using firearms (Edwards & Arnon, 2019), and causing traffic delays (Feinberg et al, 2020). In some contexts, such tactics appear to lead observers to attribute less morality to the social movement (Orazani & Leidner, 2019), report less support for protesters (Feinberg et al, 2020;Gutting, 2020;Orazani & Leidner, 2019;Simpson et al, 2018;Thomas & Louis, 2014;Wouters, 2019), become less willing to join social movements (Feinberg et al, 2020;Orazani & Leidner, 2019), and become more supportive of punitive policies as a response (Hsiao & Radnitz, 2020).…”

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“…They used non-US samples and explored support for government repression (versus negotiation) and human rights abuses in response to opposition movements (Huff & Kruszewska, 2016;Lupu & Wallace, 2019). The other two experiments focused on the US context but used crowdsourced data collected before George Floyd's killing and examined only a small number of protest characteristics (Edwards & Arnon, 2019;Hsiao & Radnitz, 2020). However, both found that threatening and unlawful protest tactics increased threat perceptions and support for police repression (e.g., arresting protesters), although neither examined fear of protesters specifically.…”

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“…Several prior studies considered the pathways by which threatening tactics can lead to protest opposition (Feinberg et al, 2020;Oranzani & Leidner, 2019;Simpson et al, 2018;Thomas & Louis, 2014). In the context of support for police repression specifically, the only mediating mechanism previously considered was perceived levels of violence (Hsiao & Radnitz, 2020). However, people are not just fearful of violence-people are also afraid of property victimization and disruptions to their daily lives (Farrall, Jackson, & Gray, 2009;Ferraro, 1995).…”

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“…Some observational studies evaluate general support for specific protests (e.g., pro-BLM) but do not examine attitudes toward protest policing (Updegrove, Cooper, Orrick, & Piquero, 2020). Prior experimental studies focus mainly on public support for protests, finding greater support for those that are peaceful (Chenoweth & Stephan, 2011;Edwards & Arnon, 2019;Gutting, 2020;Hsiao & Radnitz, 2020;Huff & Kruszewska, 2016;Simpson, Willer, & Feinberg, 2018). Two experimental studies examine attitudes toward protest policing within the US context, but both rely on crowdsourced data (Amazon Mechanical Turk) collected before the killing of George Floyd (Edwards & Arnon, 2019;Hsiao & Radnitz, 2020).…”

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Public fear of protesters and support for protest policing: An experimental study

Metcalfe¹,

Pickett²

2021

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As protests erupted across the United States in recent years over politically polarized issues (e.g., Black Lives Matter, COVID-19 restrictions), so too did questions about when and how police should respond. The context of these protests and how police reacted to them varied substantially, with limited understanding of relevant public attitudes. Public opinion is double-edged; it is critical for police legitimacy and influences criminal justice policy, but it also often reflects racial animus. We hypothesized that disruptive, dangerous, or unlawful protest tactics would increase support for police control, by elevating public fear, but also that support for repression would be higher when protest goals conflict with preexisting racial beliefs. To test our hypotheses, we embedded an experiment in a nationwide survey fielded in 2020, after George Floyd’s killing sparked the broadest protests in U.S. history. We randomized protest tactics (e.g., weapon carrying, violence) and goals, as well as other contextual characteristics (e.g., protest size). We found that the public generally opposed repressive protest policing. However, certain protest tactics increased support for repression by increasing public fear. Protest goals (e.g., pro-Black Lives Matter, anti-COVID-19 restrictions, or pro-confederate monuments) also impacted support for repression, but the effect depended on respondents’ racial beliefs.

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Public fear of protesters and support for protest policing: An experimental study

Metcalfe¹,

Pickett²

2021

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(Not so) powerful allies? Decision makers’ reactions to advantaged group allies in collective action

Hartwich,

Kutlaca,

Ksenofontov

et al. 2023

Euro J Social Psych

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Do allies in collective action have a positive impact on political efficacy? Theoretical considerations and common sense might lead us to expect that advantaged group allies will be beneficial to the success of social movements. However, across five experimental studies, with samples from the United States and Germany (three pre‐registered, total N = 696, 48% women, Mage = 38), we find that such involvement does not significantly affect authorities’ reactions to the demands of disadvantaged groups. Decision makers were given information about proposals supported either by only disadvantaged group members or by disadvantaged group members and advantaged group allies. Their support, budget allocations, voting intentions and perceptions of movements and proposals did not differ as a function of this information. However, collective actions including allies did reduce perceptions of intergroup conflict. These results were replicated across different contexts with student and local politicians and with participants acting as parliamentarians in fictional scenarios.

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A License to Disrupt? Artistic Activism in Environmental Public Dissent and Protest

Barkela

López

Klöckner

2022

Psychology and Our Planet

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Allies or Agitators? How Partisan Identity Shapes Public Opinion about Violent or Nonviolent Protests

Cited by 37 publications

References 35 publications

Public fear of protesters and support for protest policing: An experimental study

Public fear of protesters and support for protest policing: An experimental study

(Not so) powerful allies? Decision makers’ reactions to advantaged group allies in collective action

A License to Disrupt? Artistic Activism in Environmental Public Dissent and Protest

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