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Frindte, Wolfgang; Haußecker, Nicole; Jirschitzka, Jens

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“…Interest reflects the motivation to get more information about a certain topic ( Schwab and Schwender, 2010 ) and could also reflect an increased desire to restore a sense of control in face of a threat induction ( Fritsche et al, 2008 ; Jonas et al, 2014 ). However, if the desire to know more about a potential threat instead of the interest in parochial altruistic content would underlie our pattern, we would also find larger interest in the Islamic extremist videos, as Islamic extremism is perceived as particularly threatening ( Frindte and Haußecker, 2010 ).…”

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Dying the right-way? Interest in and perceived persuasiveness of parochial extremist propaganda increases after mortality salience

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Research on parochial altruism demonstrated that hostility toward out-groups (parochialism) represents the dark side of the willingness to benefit one’s in-group even at own costs (altruism). Parochial aggression thereby emerged mainly under conditions of threat. Extremist propaganda videos, for instance by right-wing extremists, try to capitalize on parochial altruistic mechanism by telling recipients sharing their national identity that this nation is under threat wherefore they for have to join the extremist’s cause to prevent the extinction of their nation. Most of the time, propaganda videos are rated as uninteresting and non-persuasive by the target audience. Yet, evolutionary media psychology posits that the interest in and effectiveness of media increases when evolutionarily relevant problems are addressed. Consequently, interest in parochial altruistic right-wing extremist messages should increase under conditions of threat. The current study tested this assumption by randomly assigning German non-Muslims (N = 109) to either an existential threat (here: mortality salience) or a control condition and asking them to evaluate extremist propaganda that addressed them as either in-group members (right-wing extremists) or as out-group members (Islamic extremists). In support of the hypotheses, subjects under conditions of threat reported a higher interest in the right-wing extremist propaganda and perceived it as more persuasive. We discuss the results concerning the implications for evolutionary media psychology and the transmission of parochial altruism in propaganda videos.

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Dying the right-way? Interest in and perceived persuasiveness of parochial extremist propaganda increases after mortality salience

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“… 3. Specifically, we additionally assessed: Sensation seeking (Roth and Hammelstein, 2003), Big-Five (Rammstedt and John, 2007), Lack of control (Agroskin and Jonas, 2010), Authoritarianism (Petzel et al, 1997; Frindte and Haußecker, 2010), Acceptance of violence (Wagner et al, 2002). For results on these variables, see Rieger et al, 2013.…”

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Dealing with the dark side: The effects of right-wing extremist and Islamist extremist propaganda from a social identity perspective

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2019

Media, War & Conflict

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Right-wing extremists and Islamist extremists try to recruit new followers by addressing their national (for instance, German) or religious (Muslim) social identity via online propaganda videos. Two studies examined whether capitalizing on a shared group-membership affects the emotional and cognitive response towards extremist propaganda. In both studies, Germans/non-migrants, Muslim migrants and control participants ( N = 235) were confronted with right-wing extremist and Islamist extremist videos. Emotional and cognitive effects of students (Study 1) and apprentices (Study 2) were assessed. Results showed a general negative evaluation of extremist videos. More relevant, in-group propaganda led to more emotional costs in both studies. Yet, the responses varied depending on educational level: students reported more negative emotions and cognitions after in-group directed videos, while apprentices reported more positive emotions and cognitions after in-group directed propaganda. Results are discussed considering negative social identities.

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Dying the right-way? Interest in and perceived persuasiveness of parochial extremist propaganda increases after mortality salience

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Dealing with the dark side: The effects of right-wing extremist and Islamist extremist propaganda from a social identity perspective

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