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Low system justification is associated with support for both progressive and reactionary social change

European Journal of Social Psychology, Volume 52, Issue 7, Page 1015-1030, December 2022., 2022
Abstract Traditional definitions of political ideology state that right‐wingers support system stability, whereas left‐wingers support social change. However, during the last decade many right‐wing movements have been on the rise and demanded far‐reaching changes.
Luisa Liekefett, Julia C. Becker
wiley   +1 more source

Back-to-back regression: Disentangling the influence of correlated factors from multivariate observations

NeuroImage, 2020
Identifying causes solely from observations can be particularly challenging when i) the factors under investigation are difficult to manipulate independently from one-another and ii) observations are high-dimensional. To address this issue, we introduce ‘
Jean-Rémi King, François Charton, David Lopez-Paz, Maxime Oquab   +3 more
doaj  

Is Facebook regionally a small world network? [PDF]

arXiv, 2023
The analysis of social networks, can lead to important discoveries concerning society and trends. Can in fact imply the discovery of several new aspects of social behavior, as well as understanding the interest behind certain topics. Facebook, is now used worldwide, by approximately 3 billions of users, and has become one of the main sources of ...
arxiv  

Dysfunctional information sharing on WhatsApp and Facebook: The role of political talk, cross-cutting exposure and social corrections

New Media & Society, 2020
In this study, we investigate dysfunctional information sharing on WhatsApp and Facebook, focusing on two explanatory variables—frequency of political talk and cross-cutting exposure—and potential remedies, such as witnessing, experiencing, and ...
Patrícia G. C. Rossini, Jennifer Stromer-Galley, Érica Anita Baptista, Vanessa Veiga de Oliveira   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Determinants of local food producer participation in state‐sponsored marketing programs: Evidence from Missouri

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract This study examines producer participation choices considering a variety of potential benefits linked to state‐sponsored marketing programs, using a real choice dataset of farmers in Missouri. Multinomial logit models are employed to predict determinants of farmer enrollment in three tiers of the Missouri Grown local food marketing program ...
Lan Tran, Ye Su, Laura McCann
wiley   +1 more source

Understanding identity processes in support for reactionary and progressive social movements among advantaged and disadvantaged groups: The role of collective narcissism and secure ingroup identity

European Journal of Social Psychology, Volume 52, Issue 7, Page 1047-1063, December 2022., 2022
Abstract Across five studies (two representative, one pre‐registered, total N = 4962), we examined the role of collective narcissism and secure identity in support for reactionary (Alt‐Right and nationalist) and progressive (Black Lives Matter and Women's Strike) social movements among advantaged (White Americans and Polish national majority) versus ...
Gaëlle Marinthe, Aleksandra Cichocka, Aleksandra Cislak, Natasha Alexander‐Grose, Flavio Azevedo   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Facebook group among postgraduate students: Evaluation results towards learning [PDF]

, 2017
Facebook is a very popular social media platform used by a significant number worldwide. There is strong evidence that Facebook may also facilitate learning activities, however there is not much research about the implementation of Facebook as a learning
Siakas , Kerstin, Tsitsekidou , Maria
core  

The Comparability of Men Who Have Sex With Men Recruited From Venue-Time-Space Sampling and Facebook: A Cohort Study [PDF]

, 2014
Background: Recruiting valid samples of men who have sex with men (MSM) is a key component of the US human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) surveillance and of research studies seeking to improve HIV prevention for MSM.
del Rio, Carlos, Frew, Paula M., Hernandez-Romieu, Alfonso C., Kelley, Colleen F., Peterson, John L., Rosenberg, Eli S., Salazar, Laura F., Sanchez, Travis H., Sullivan, Patrick S.   +8 more
core   +3 more sources

Farmers' Participation in Messenger‐Based Social Groups And Its Effects on Performance in Irrigated Areas of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The penetration of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in farming communities is increasing the use of smartphone‐based instant messaging apps. Despite this, the reasons behind participation and the impact on farm productivity in developing countries remain unexplored.
Zafar Kurbanov, Abdusame Tadjiev, Nodir Djanibekov, Ajit Govind, Akmal Akramkhanov   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

How opposing ideological groups use online interactions to justify and mobilise collective action

European Journal of Social Psychology, Volume 52, Issue 7, Page 1082-1110, December 2022., 2022
Abstract The purpose of this pre‐registered study was to investigate how different ideological groups justified and mobilised collective action online. We collected 6878 posts from the social media accounts of pro‐Black Lives Matter (n = 13) and anti‐Black Lives Matter (n = 9) groups who promoted collective action in the month after George Floyd's ...
Olivia Brown, Catherine Lowery, Laura G. E. Smith   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source