Observational Equivalence in Explaining Attitude Change: Have White Racial Attitudes Genuinely Changed?

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew M. Engelhardt
Keyword(s):  
Attitude Change ◽  
Racial Attitudes ◽  
Observational Equivalence ◽  
White Racial Attitudes

A Case Study: Assessing the Effects of Speaker Event on White Racial Attitudes

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gauthamie Poolokasingham ◽  
Lisa Spanierman ◽  
E. Janie Pinterits ◽  
Tim Engles
Keyword(s):  
Racial Attitudes ◽  
White Racial Attitudes

When Can Exemplars Shape White Racial Attitudes? Evidence from the 2012 U.S. Presidential Campaign

2019 ◽  
Vol 31 (4) ◽  
pp. 649-668 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seth K Goldman ◽  
Daniel J Hopkins
Keyword(s):  
Panel Data ◽  
Racial Attitudes ◽  
Racial Prejudice ◽  
Presidential Campaign ◽  
White Racial Attitudes ◽  
The Impact

Abstract Prior research finds that exposure to outgroup exemplars reduces prejudice, but it has focused on most-likely cases. We examine whether salient outgroup exemplars can reduce prejudice under more challenging conditions, such as when they are counter-stereotypical but not well-liked, and the audience is heterogeneous and holds strong priors. Specifically, we assess the impact of the Obama exemplar under the less auspicious conditions of the 2012 U.S. presidential campaign. Using panel data, we find that racial prejudice declined during the campaign, especially among Whites with the most exposure to Obama through political television. Liking Obama proved irrelevant to these effects, as did partisanship. Racial prejudice increased slightly after the campaign ended, but the effects remained largely intact weeks later.

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