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Values, Media Framing, and Political Tolerance for Extremist Groups
Author(s) -
RAMÍREZ CLAUDIA ZILLI,
VERKUYTEN MAYKEL
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of applied social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.822
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1559-1816
pISSN - 0021-9029
DOI - 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2011.00775.x
Subject(s) - framing (construction) , politics , social psychology , islam , psychology , terrorism , framing effect , political science , sociology , law , engineering , history , persuasion , structural engineering , archaeology
Political tolerance for extremist groups often involves a conflict between the competing values of freedom of speech and public order and safety. In 2 experiments, we investigated the role of these values in tolerance for a political rally by right‐wing extremists and Islamic fundamentalists. The combination of individual differences in value priorities and written media framing was examined. Participants who valued order and safety expressed higher tolerance when the rally was framed as a free‐speech issue. Participants who valued freedom of speech showed higher tolerance when this value was either reinforced or contradicted by the media framing. In addition, concerns about a safe and secure society only predicted tolerance for Islamic fundamentalists.