Cross-partisan exposure backfires because the outgroup posts encountered are mostly derogatory
Evidence
Although echo chambers are a problem in and of themselves, these findings suggest that even when people are exposed to more cross-cutting content, this often means that we have to deal with negative and derogatory posts about the political groups that we belong to. This can help explain why the Duke University researchers found that simply exposing Democrats and Republicans to opposing views increased rather than decreased polarization. — Sander van der Linden, Foolproof, 458
Categorization
- QUESTION: The claim that cross-cutting exposure increases polarization is contested in the literature; worth tracking current replication status of the Duke findings.
- XREF: connects to: Cross-cutting exposure fails because outgroup posts are predominantly derogatory; Racist discourse tends to favor the ingroup and derogate the outgroup — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 1062; Groups split favorably toward their own members and derogate outgroup attributes — Roderick M. Kramer, Geoffrey J. Leonardelli, Robert W. Livingston, Social Cognition, Social Identity, and…, 1973 (+7 more)
Broader Connections
- Cross-cutting exposure fails because outgroup posts are predominantly derogatory
#corroborates(1.00) - Racist discourse tends to favor the ingroup and derogate the outgroup
#expands(0.80) — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 1062 - Groups split favorably toward their own members and derogate outgroup attributes
#expands(0.75) — Roderick M. Kramer, Geoffrey J. Leonardelli, Robert W. Livingston, Social Cognition, Social Identity, and…, 1973 - Derogatory labels arise even for non-ethnic ingroups and outgroups
#expands(0.75) - Most ingroup bias overvalues the ingroup rather than devaluing the outgroup
#complicates(0.75) — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice, 555 - Right-wing authoritarians and religious fundamentalists disproportionately express prejudice toward outgroups
#complicates(0.72) — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 1504 - In-group favoritism and out-group derogation are empirically unrelated phenomena
#complicates(0.72) — Roderick M. Kramer, Geoffrey J. Leonardelli, Robert W. Livingston, Social Cognition, Social Identity, and…, 1176 - Out-group negativity toward minorities exceeds in-group positivity toward whites in online race discourse.
#expands(0.72) — Roderick M. Kramer, Geoffrey J. Leonardelli, Robert W. Livingston, Social Cognition, Social Identity, and…, 1053 - Strong affective polarization across groups erodes democratic discourse
#expands(0.70) — Sander van der Linden, Foolproof, 734