scholarly journals Beyond political differences : the influence of exposure to disagreements and the mediating role of emotional responses on selective exposure

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mi Rosie Jahng
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Responses ◽  
Selective Exposure ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Political Differences

scholarly journals Moral judgment of disparagement humor

2019 ◽  
Vol 32 (4) ◽  
pp. 619-641 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karolina Koszałkowska ◽  
Monika Wróbel
Keyword(s):  
Moral Judgment ◽  
Emotional Responses ◽  
Moral Foundations ◽  
Moral Foundations Theory ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Disparagement Humor

Abstract The aim of the present study was to analyze the link between the five moral codes proposed in the Moral Foundations Theory and moral judgment of disparagement humor. We presented racist, sexist, homophobic, religion-disparaging and neutral jokes to a group of 108 participants, asking them whether they found laughing at a particular joke moral or immoral. Additionally, participants rated the level of amusement and disgust evoked by each joke. We also measured participants’ moral foundations profiles (Care, Fairness, Loyalty, Authority, and Sanctity). The results confirmed that Care and Fairness were significantly linked to moral judgment of racist, sexist and homophobic jokes, whereas Loyalty, Authority and Sanctity were associated with moral judgment of religion-disparaging jokes. Moreover, these relationships were mediated by emotional responses of amusement and disgust (except for racist jokes, for which we observed no mediating role of amusement).

scholarly journals How Do Video Games Elicit Guilt in Players? Linking Character Morality to Guilt Through a Mediation Analysis

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Changhyun Ahn ◽  
Matthew Grizzard ◽  
Seyoung Lee
Keyword(s):  
Video Games ◽  
Mediation Analysis ◽  
Communication Theory ◽  
Emotional Responses ◽  
Path Model ◽  
Model Data ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Psychological Mechanisms ◽  
Game Features

Research has consistently found that committing immoral actions in video games is capable of eliciting feelings of guilt in players. This study aimed to investigate the mediating role of theoretically-relevant psychological mechanisms: Perceived morality of the player-controlled character and self-attribution of virtual behavior. Based in psychological and communication theory, we derived a model that links these variables to character portrayal and guilt. A between-subjects experiment manipulated the portrayal of the player-controlled character (immoral vs. moral) and measured the mediating variables and self-reported guilt. The hypothesized model was tested using a path model. Data were generally consistent with hypotheses. Controlling an immoral character reduced perceived character morality. Perceived character morality positively predicted self-attribution of character behavior and negatively predicted guilt. Self-attribution positively predicted guilt but self-attribution and perceived character morality did not interact. Our findings suggest novel directions for continued research into how game features elicit emotional responses in players.

Partisan Information Sources and Affective Polarization: Panel Analysis of the Mediating Role of Anger and Fear

2018 ◽  
Vol 96 (3) ◽  
pp. 767-783 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yanqin Lu ◽  
Jae Kook Lee
Keyword(s):  
Panel Data ◽  
Information Sources ◽  
Negative Emotions ◽  
Selective Exposure ◽  
Panel Analysis ◽  
Presidential Candidates ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Election Studies ◽  
The Impact

Drawing on the 2012 American National Election Studies (ANES) panel data, this study explores the influence of the consumption of partisan information sources on affective polarization and investigates the mechanism underlying this relationship. The results show that exposure to pro-party television sources strengthens affective polarization among partisans. The polarizing effects of pro-party sources are mediated by the discrete negative emotions (i.e., anger and fear) toward presidential candidates. The study discusses the impact of selective exposure on deliberative and participatory democracies.

What Makes Airbnb Experiences Enjoyable? The Effects of Environmental Stimuli on Perceived Enjoyment and Repurchase Intention

2020 ◽  
pp. 004728752092124 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kevin Kam Fung So ◽  
Hyunsu Kim ◽  
Haemoon Oh
Keyword(s):  
Model Comparison ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Emotional Responses ◽  
Strong Support ◽  
Repurchase Intention ◽  
Environmental Stimuli ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Perceived Enjoyment ◽  
Scholarly Inquiry

While scholarly inquiry into Airbnb has experienced an exponential growth in the tourism literature, the role of the environmental stimuli of Airbnb experiences in creating consumer enjoyment is underexplored. Adopting the Mehrabian-Russell model, this study proposes a conceptual framework to investigate the linkages between three well-documented experiential attributes of Airbnb accommodations, perceived enjoyment, and repurchase intention. The results of two separate empirical studies with recent Airbnb users consistently show significant influences of authenticity and home benefits on perceived enjoyment, which subsequently drive repurchase intention, while social interaction was not found significant. The results of the model comparison and mediation analysis also converge across the two studies, providing strong support for the mediating role of perceived enjoyment as a mechanism that underlies the relationships between the environmental stimuli and repurchase intention. The findings provide important insights into what Airbnb attributes contribute to positive emotional responses and subsequently forming favorable behavioral consequences.

scholarly journals Intergroup Contact, Intergroup Anxiety, and Attitudes towards the Opposing Group in Divided Society

2021 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
pp. 397-420
Author(s):  
Mimoza Telaku
Keyword(s):  
Intergroup Contact ◽  
Emotional Responses ◽  
Negative Attitudes ◽  
Intergroup Anxiety ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Divided Society ◽  
Opposing Group ◽  
Acculturation Attitudes ◽  
Conflict Narratives

The negative attitudes and negative emotions play a key role in maintaining the hostilities between the groups of a divided society. Evidence suggests that intergroup contact can improve or worsen intergroup attitudes. The current study examined the mediating role of intergroup anxiety on quantity of interethnic contact and acculturation attitudes and emotional responses to contradictory conflict narratives in a divided society with a background of armed conflict in the past. The study was conducted among 202 Albanians and 239 Serbs in Kosovo. The results indicate that as more as they meet members of the opposing group the less they feel intergroup anxiety and the more they show acculturation attitudes towards the opposing group among both Albanians and Serbs. However, such mediating role of intergroup anxiety was not found on emotional responses to contradictory conflict narratives, except among Serbs who live in certain enclaves. The findings are discussed in terms of context, reconciliation, and maintenance of frozen conflict.

The More You Say, the Less They Hear

2015 ◽  
Vol 27 (4) ◽  
pp. 159-169 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elsbeth D. Asbeek Brusse ◽  
Marieke L. Fransen ◽  
Edith G. Smit
Keyword(s):  
Hearing Protection ◽  
Entertainment Education ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Attitude Measures ◽  
Underlying Mechanisms

Abstract. This study examined the effects of disclosure messages in entertainment-education (E-E) on attitudes toward hearing protection and attitude toward the source. In addition, the (mediating) role of the underlying mechanisms (i.e., transportation, identification, and counterarguing) was studied. In an experiment (N = 336), three different disclosure messages were compared with a no-disclosure condition. The results show that more explicit disclosure messages negatively affect transportation and identification and stimulate the generation of counterarguments. In addition, the more explicit disclosure messages affect both attitude measures via two of these processes (i.e., transportation and counterarguing). Less explicit disclosure messages do not have this effect. Implications of the findings are discussed.

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