The emotional drivers of hate speech: Unpacking the central role of contempt in derogatory communication.
Derogatory communication about discriminated groups is commonly attributed to hate, but the emotional mechanism of such language remains under-explored. Three studies (S1, N = 682; S2, N = 43, & S3, N = 150) examined how exposure to hate speech affects emotional responses toward target groups, which...
| Publicado en: | Atlantic Journal of Communication Vol. 33; no. 5; pp. 754 - 773 |
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