Online intergroup polarization across political fault lines: An integrative review

AM Bliuc, A Bouguettaya, KD Felise - Frontiers in Psychology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
We revisit the construct of political polarization and current distinctions between issue-driven
and affective polarization. Based on our review of recent research on polarization from …

MOBILISE: A higher‐order integration of collective action research to address global challenges

EF Thomas, L Duncan, C McGarty, WR Louis… - Political …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The past decade has witnessed rapid growth in popular protest, alongside an upsurge in
research on collective action. The proliferation of research has been both productive and …

The volatility of collective action: Theoretical analysis and empirical data

W Louis, E Thomas, C McGarty… - Political …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Collective action is volatile: characterized by swift, unexpected changes in intensity, target,
and forms. We conduct a detailed exploration of four reasons that these changes occur. First …

Does negatively toned language use on social media lead to attitude polarization?

J Buder, L Rabl, M Feiks, M Badermann… - Computers in Human …, 2021 - Elsevier
Prior research has indicated that both attitudinal homogeneity of communication networks
(“echo chambers”) and attitudinal heterogeneity of communication networks (“adversarial …

Explaining online conspiracy theory radicalization: A second‐order affordance for identity‐driven escalation

C Abdalla Mikhaeil… - Information Systems …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
From# Pizzagate to anti‐vaxxers, passing by 9/11 or Obama 'birthers', we have seen many
communities growing on social media around conspiracy theories and thereby gaining …

[HTML][HTML] Digital traces of offline mobilization.

LGE Smith, L Piwek, J Hinds, O Brown… - Journal of Personality …, 2023 - psycnet.apa.org
Since 2009, there has been an increase in global protests and related online activity. Yet, it
is unclear how and why online activity is related to the mobilization of offline collective …

The role of social identity in the explanation of collective action: An intergroup perspective on the Yellow Vests movement

J Adam‐Troian, Y Mahfud, K Urbanska… - Journal of Applied …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Social psychologists have developed influential theoretical models to understand intergroup
conflicts, radicalism, and collective action. November 2018 saw the emergence of a new …

Failure leads protest movements to support more radical tactics

WR Louis, M Lizzio-Wilson, M Cibich… - Social …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Most social movements will encounter setbacks in their pursuit of sociopolitical change.
However, little is known about how movements are affected after protestors fail to achieve …

Sympathy-empathy and the radicalization of young people

N Lavenne-Collot, N Dissaux, N Campelo, C Villalon… - Children, 2022 - mdpi.com
Background: The sympathy-empathy (SE) system is commonly considered a key faculty
implied in prosocial behaviors, and SE deficits (also called callous-unemotional traits, CUTs) …

[图书][B] The psychology of effective activism

R Gulliver, S Wibisono, KS Fielding, WR Louis - 2021 - cambridge.org
This Element reviews the social psychology of effective collective action, highlighting the
importance of considering activists' goals, timeframes, and psychological perspectives in …