Social representation and social identity in the black sheep effect

2015 ◽  
Vol 45 (6) ◽  
pp. 669-677 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bouchra Zouhri ◽  
Patrick Rateau
Keyword(s):  
Social Identity ◽  
Social Representation ◽  
Black Sheep ◽  
Black Sheep Effect

scholarly journals Accounting for a riot: Religious identity, denying one's prejudice, and the tool of blasphemy

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 69-85
Author(s):  
Idhamsyah Eka Putra ◽  
Wolfgang Wagner ◽  
Peter Holtz ◽  
Any Rufaedah
Keyword(s):  
Social Identity ◽  
Collective Action ◽  
Religious Identity ◽  
Social Representations ◽  
Social Identities ◽  
Political Freedom ◽  
Black Sheep ◽  
Black Sheep Effect ◽  
Deep Relationship ◽  
Gubernatorial Election

This paper presents an analysis of interviews of participants in a political manifestation in Indonesia about the reasons for the rally and the resulting riot. The rally was held in the middle of the Jakarta gubernatorial election, against a non-Muslim incumbent who was accused of having insulted the Quran. We argue that there is a deep relationship between social identities and religion, which has implications for societal togetherness and political freedom. Using a snowball technique, we interviewed 16 Muslims who had participated in this rally. The findings suggest that 1) even though the rally was held in the middle of an election, the demonstrators denied that the rally was politically motivated; 2) Those demonstrators who thought that intruders had infiltrated the rally, maintained that the intruders are to be held responsible for any violence, but not the ‘actual’ participants. 3) Interviewees claimed that their actions were not motivated by anti-Chinese prejudice, although traces of racist thinking can be found in their statements. The findings are discussed before the background of social representations, social identity, theories of collective action, and the black sheep effect.

In search of the black sheep effect in African Americans

2003 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elliott Hammer ◽  
Anthony Sharp ◽  
Charity Dixon ◽  
Kristin Matthews ◽  
Erin Threatt
Keyword(s):  
African Americans ◽  
Black Sheep ◽  
Black Sheep Effect

Perceived entitativity and the black-sheep effect

2003 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amy C. Lewis ◽  
Steven J. Sherman
Keyword(s):  
Black Sheep ◽  
Black Sheep Effect

scholarly journals (Im)moral Symbols and (Im)moral Deeds: Defensive Strategies for Coping with Historical Transgressions of Group Heroes and Villains

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 ◽  
pp. 183449092199143
Author(s):  
Jovan Ivanović ◽  
Iris Žeželj ◽  
Charis Psaltis
Keyword(s):  
Collective Identity ◽  
Moral Disengagement ◽  
Educational Communication ◽  
Social Identification ◽  
Black Sheep ◽  
Defensive Strategies ◽  
Post Conflict ◽  
Greek Cypriot ◽  
Black Sheep Effect ◽  
Group Members

In two post-conflict societies (Serbia and Cyprus), the authors investigated how people cope with in-group historical transgression when heroes and villains relevant for their collective identity are made salient in it. The authors set the events in foundational periods for Serbian (Experiment 1) and Greek Cypriot (Experiment 2) ethnic identity—that is, historical representations of the Battle of Kosovo (1389) and the Liberation Struggle (1955–1959), respectively. In both experiments, a between-subjects design was used to manipulate group membership (in-group or out-group) and representation of the salient character (hero, villain, or neutral) in fictitious but historically plausible accounts of transgressions. In Experiment 1 ( N = 225), the participants showed more moral disengagement in the case of in-group historical transgressions than in the case of identical transgressions by an out-group, while the in-group hero was rejected less than all the other historical characters. Social identification based on in-group superiority moderated both observed effects in such a manner that they were more pronounced for participants perceiving their ethnic group as superior. In Experiment 2 ( N = 136), historical transgression involving the in-group hero provoked the most moral disengagement and the least rejection of the group deviant. In-group superiority and in-group importance as distinct modes of social identification moderated these effects in such a way that they were more pronounced for high-identifying individuals. Taken together, the experiments show that the in-group hero, as a highly valued ethnic symbol, is exempt from the black sheep effect and the sanctions of critically attached group members. The authors discuss the implications of in-group heroes for political and educational communication.

Hegemonic and Polemical Beliefs: Culture and Consumption in the Social Representation of Wine

2011 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 237-250 ◽  
Author(s):  
Grégory Lo Monaco ◽  
Christian Guimelli
Keyword(s):  
Principal Component Analysis ◽  
Social Identity ◽  
Social Representations ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
Social Representation ◽  
Wine Consumption ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Status ◽  
Consumption Practices ◽  
Social Debate

Wine, in France, is a cultural product. However, the issue of wine consumption has been at the centre of a recurring social debate. We decided to focus our study on the effect of consumption practices on this social representation as well as the variations in position-taking in very different normative contexts. Results revealed two distinct social representations according to consumption practice. Moreover, Guttman effect in principal component analysis uncovered a unique phenomenon which showed that participants (consumer vs. non consumer) were inclined to act differently only in the case of polemical issues when they perceived the investigator as a consumer vs. non consumer. Indeed, in the case of hegemonic beliefs they were inclined to act in the same way and their answers were not influenced by the status of the investigator. Results are discussed around the question of the links between social representations and social identity.

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