Fazlik, Leon (2022) Radicalization of Environmental Protest - The Effect of Dehumanization on the Support of Protesting Behavior. Master thesis, Psychology.
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PSEMST-20, Master Thesis Applied Social Psychology, Leon Fazlik, S3731065, FINAL VERSION.pdf Download (1MB) | Preview |
Abstract
Environmental protest ranges from passive disobedience movements to violent riots. It shapes the public discourse and policies alike. While a growing body of literature investigates driving factors for radical collective action, the context of environmental protest has largely been missing in its scope. The current work aims to close this gap in the literature by addressing the question of what leads to radical environmental protest. The dual pathway model of anger and contempt was applied to this novel context. Further, we hypothesized a causal relationship between dehumanization and non-normative collective action and contempt to mediate this relationship. A 2 conditions x 2 types of collective action experimental design with participants from the UK was conducted in an online environment. One dehumanization condition and a control condition were included. We found that anger and dehumanization predict both normative and non-normative collective action support. Contempt has been shown to predict only non-normative collective action support. We were not able to find a causal relationship between dehumanization and non-normative collective action support but found that contempt mediates the predictive value of this relationship. Lastly, we explored different conceptualizations of dehumanization. The study gives unique insights into the realm of radical collective action. It investigates the context of environmental protest and applies previous findings to non-human actors. Further, it adds dehumanization as a novel predictor of non-normative collective action and shows that different conceptualizations of it should be compared with caution.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Master) |
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| Supervisor name: | Epstude, K. |
| Degree programme: | Psychology |
| Differentiation route: | Applied Social Psychology (ASP) [Master Psychology] |
| Date Deposited: | 18 Jul 2022 07:14 |
| Last Modified: | 18 Jul 2022 07:14 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/995 |
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