‘It’s okay to be racist’: moral disengagement in online discussions of racist incidents in Australia

Faulkner, Nicholas; Bliuc, Ana‐Maria

doi:10.1080/01419870.2016.1171370

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“…Similar distancing strategies have been observed in previous work (e.g. Angie et al, 2011;Coffey & Woolworth, 2004;Douglas et al, 2005;Erjavec & Kovačič, 2012;Faulkner & Bliuc, 2016;Moghaddam, 2005;Mols & Jetten, 2014;Steinfeldt et al, 2010) where the use of (hateful) language has been described as a means of creating negative social comparisons and reinforcing existing stereotypes -or 'othering'. Here, this 'othering' strategy served not only as a means of Making sense of Emma but, paradoxically, also led to Meeting hatred with hatred, as expressed in Emma's dehumanisation.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 53%

“…In line with this, some sub-themes (i.e. Sense of deprivation, Sense of injustice and Britishness under threat) echo some of Faulkner and Bliuc's (2016) moral disengagement themes.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 81%

“…Dehumanisation of perceived of out-group members has also been associated with attempts to foster a sense of moral righteousness or moral disengagement (Cammaerts, 2009;Faulkner & Bliuc, 2016) and the creation of a sense of in-group superiority (Bliuc, McGarty, Hartley, & Muntele Hendres, 2012;Mumford et al, 2008). For instance, Faulkner and Bliuc (2016) found that racists used moral disengagement strategies such as dehumanisation to justify expressions of their views. Interestingly, in this study, dehumanisation was used by both those who supported or opposed racist attitudes to justify expressing their views.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Angie et al, 2011;Coffey & Woolworth, 2004;Faulkner & Bliuc, 2016;Moghaddam, 2005). Dehumanisation of perceived of out-group members has also been associated with attempts to foster a sense of moral righteousness or moral disengagement (Cammaerts, 2009;Faulkner & Bliuc, 2016) and the creation of a sense of in-group superiority (Bliuc, McGarty, Hartley, & Muntele Hendres, 2012;Mumford et al, 2008).…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Moreover, Faulkner and Bliuc (2016) explored discursive strategies of racist and anti-racist supporters expressed on online news web sites. They found that moral disengagement is a very common strategy used by those supporting racism in order to justify or 'feel okay' about their views.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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‘It’s okay to be racist’: moral disengagement in online discussions of racist incidents in Australia

Cited by 69 publications

References 48 publications

“Who is really British anyway?”: A thematic analysis of responses to online hate materials

“Who is really British anyway?”: A thematic analysis of responses to online hate materials

Lay discourses about Brexit and prejudice: “Ideological creativity” and its limits in Brexit debates

Expressing and Challenging Racist Discourse on Facebook: How Social Media Weaken the “Spiral of Silence” Theory

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