Can Appeals for Peace Promote Tolerance and Mitigate Support for Extremism? Evidence from an Experiment with Adolescents in Burkina Faso

Grossman, Allison N.; Nomikos, William George; Siddiqui, Niloufer

doi:10.1017/xps.2022.1

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“…These findings share similarities with results from Kenya that endorsements from in-group members can persuade voters to support outgroup politicians (Arriola et al, 2022). They also complement burgeoning research on the role of trusted elites in shaping electoral or civic attitudes in developing democracies (McClendon & Riedl, 2019;Condra et al, 2019;Blair et al, 2021;A. Grossman et al, 2022).…”

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Chiefs’ Endorsements and Voter Behavior

Brierley,

Ofosu

2023

Comparative Political Studies

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Traditional leaders can influence electoral outcomes. We designed an experiment to investigate why public endorsements by chiefs affect voters—and which types of voters they influence. Chiefs have incentives to prefer politicians who will promote local development, and can use endorsements to sway elections accordingly. We argue that voters often interpret chiefs’ endorsements as a signal of candidate quality. To assess this argument, we exposed voters to real endorsements made by chiefs during Ghana’s 2020 presidential election. We show that endorsements impact the vote choice of undecided voters. Consistent with a signaling mechanism, respondents exposed to chiefs’ rationale for endorsing a candidate were no more likely to vote for the endorsed candidate than those who only heard chiefs’ approval of a candidate. Further, treated respondents hold higher evaluations of the endorsed candidate on multiple dimensions of candidate quality. Our results suggest that chiefs influence voters through a non-coercive mechanism, which has positive implications for accountability.

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“…They also complement burgeoning research on the role of trusted elites in shaping electoral or civic attitudes in developing democracies (McClendon & Riedl, 2019; Condra et al, 2019; Blair et al, 2021; A. Grossman et al, 2022).…”

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Chiefs’ Endorsements and Voter Behavior

Brierley,

Ofosu

2023

Comparative Political Studies

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“…The message of peacefulness from tolerance can be distributed to groups having diverse characteristics from the majority of people (Grossman, Nomikos, & Siddiqui, 2022). In the adolescent phase, the tolerance concepts are garnered as a result of the dialectic of tolerance in classroom learning or school environment.…”

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Contributive Factors of Tolerance among Senior High School Students

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Nurihsan

et al. 2023

J. Kaji. Bimbing. dan Konseling

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This article aims to explore the contributing factors of tolerance in senior high school students. This research covers the concept of tolerance theory and aspects that contribute to tolerance. The study was carried out using a cross-sectional survey method with a quantitative approach. The population in this study were high school students in the city of Bandung, Indonesia. The research sample was taken using a random sampling technique. The research sample consisted of 300 high school, vocational high school, and Madrasah Aliyah students in the city of Bandung. Data collection was completed using tolerance instruments, and data analysis used confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). The results of this study indicate that the greatest contributing aspect to the tolerance of senior high school students in Bandung was the aspect of peace. Meanwhile, the lowest contribution was observed in the aspect of equality. The peace aspect consists of indicators of caring, fearlessness, and love. The results of this study can be used as material and consideration for further research to develop a model or program of guidance and counseling services empirically designed to develop tolerance. Abstrak: Artikel ini bertujuan untuk mengeksplorasi analisis faktor-faktor yang berkontribusi terhadap toleransi pada siswa sekolah lanjutan tingkat atas (SLTA). Ruang lingkup penelitian ini mencakup konsep teori toleransi dan aspek yang memberikan kontribusi pada toleransi. Metode yang digunakan ialah metode cross-sectional survey dengan pendekatan Kuantitatif. Populasi dalam penelitian ini ialah siswa SLTA di Kota Bandung. Pengambilan sampel penelitian menggunakan teknik random sampling. Adapun Sampel penelitian terdiri dari 300 siswa sekolah menengah atas, sekolah menengah kejuruan dan madrasah aliyah di Kota Bandung. Pengumpulan data menggunakan instrumen toleransi. Analisis data menggunakan confirmatory factor analysys (CFA). Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan aspek yang memberikan kontribusi terbesar pada toleransi siswa SLTA di Kota Bandung ialah aspek kedamaian. Sedangkan aspek yang memberikan kontribusi terendah ialah aspek kesetaraan. Aspek kedamaian terdiri dari indikator kepedulian, ketidaktakutan, dan cinta. Hasil penelitian ini dapat menjadi bahan dan pertimbangan bagi penelitian selanjutnya untuk pengembangan model atau program layanan bimbingan dan konseling yang secara empirik untuk mengembangkan toleransi.

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“…Experimental evidence from Burkina Faso, for example, found that religious messaging failed to influence attitudes and behavior toward religious extremism. Worse, exposure to Islamic teachings actually reduced tolerance and inter-ethnic trust among participants from the dominant ethnic group (Grossman, Nomikos and Siddiqui, 2022).…”

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“…Alternatively, VEO messages might undercut CVE campaigns by increasing grievances against governing authorities or stoking resentment against targeted groups (Grossman, Nomikos and Siddiqui, 2022), producing a null effect or even a pro-extremist attitudinal shift.…”

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Online Communitarian Appeals Increase Opposition to Violent Extremism

Lyall,

Nyhan,

Voytas

2023

Preprint

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Governments and NGOs have implemented hundreds of countering violent extremism (CVE) programs designed to combat radicalization and reduce support for violent extremist organizations (VEOs). However, the effectiveness of these programs is rarely evaluated rigorously, providing little guidance to scholars or practitioners. We therefore pair a large-scale Facebook experiment (39.8 million impressions) with an online survey experiment (N=7,761 respondents) to compare the effectiveness of three brief videos designed with local partners to reduce support for violent extremism and VEOs in Bangladesh while minimizing risk to participants. We find that a message of communal harmony from religious authorities received greater Facebook engagement and more frequent supportive emojis than messages stating that all religions oppose terrorism or warning about the costs of terrorism. We test the robustness of these messages by randomly exposing respondents to brief footage of an anti-government protest organized by a local VEO. Communal harmony was the only message that managed to reduce net opposition to extremism after this counter-programming was introduced. An exploratory analysis further reveals that the messages do not affect intentions to attend VEO events or share VEO messages online. Instead, they increase intentions to oppose VEOs by sharing messages or attending rallies by mainstream or anti-extremist groups. These results highlight the value of communitarian appeals by religious authorities as well as the need for more experimental, multi-platform evaluations of CVE messaging that separately measure VEO support and opposition.

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Can Appeals for Peace Promote Tolerance and Mitigate Support for Extremism? Evidence from an Experiment with Adolescents in Burkina Faso

Cited by 5 publications

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Chiefs’ Endorsements and Voter Behavior

Chiefs’ Endorsements and Voter Behavior

Contributive Factors of Tolerance among Senior High School Students

Online Communitarian Appeals Increase Opposition to Violent Extremism

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