Threat, Authoritarianism, and Selective Exposure to Information

By Howard G. Lavine, Milton Lodge, Kate Freitas. 2005

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Subfields: Applied Psychology, Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science

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The Economic Origins of Authoritarian Values: Evidence From Local Trade Shocks in the United Kingdom (2021, background): “The question of the origins and assignment of authoritarian values remains an open one (Lavine et al., 2005).”
The end of the end of ideology. (2006, background): “There are signs that Adorno et al.'s (1950) work is gaining new appreciation, at least in part because of the current political climate (e.g., Lavine et al., 2005; Roiser & Willig, 2002; Stenner, 2005).”
Political ideology: its structure, functions, and elective affinities. (2009, background): “Lavine et al. (2005) concluded their article by emphasizing elective affinities, that is, " interactions between dispositional motivational needs and cognitive styles on one hand, and exigencies of the social and political environment on the other " (p. 240).”
Death Goes to the Polls: A Meta-Analysis of Mortality Salience Effects on Political Attitudes* (2013, background): “…RWA reported increased support for a capital-punishment article containing uniformly proattitudinal arguments rather than a more balanced exposure (Lavine et al., 2005) and reported decreased support for military force when human violence was likened to that of animals (Motyl, Hart, &…”
The Influence of the Ethos of Conflict on Israeli Jews' Interpretation of Jewish—Palestinian Encounters (2009, background): “…political information, Iyengar and Ottati (1994) showed that people are selectively exposed to certain information, voluntarily and involuntarily, in an attempt to confirm their beliefs (see, for example, Lavine, Lodge, and Freitas 2005; Lord, Ross, and Lepper 1979; Vallone, Ross, and Lepper 1985).”
The Authoritarian Dynamic During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Effects on Nationalism and Anti-Immigrant Sentiment (2020, background): “However, other scholars argue that we should also consider how threats to one’s very existence (e.g., the 9/11 terrorist attacks) interact with authoritarianism (Cohrs et al., 2005; Kossowska et al., 2011; Lavine et al., 2002, 2005; cf. Hetherington & Suhay, 2011).”
The psychological roots of populist voting: Evidence from the United States, the Netherlands and Germany (2016, background): “For instance, authoritarians that receive a threatening message express less tolerance towards out-group members (Feldman & Stenner 1997), are more likely to vote (Lavine et al. 1999) and are more likely to process information in a biased manner (Lavine et al. 2005).”
Reflecting on Six Decades of Selective Exposure Research: Progress, Challenges, and Opportunities (2008, background): “, 2007), existential fear of death (e.g., Jonas et al., 2003; Lavine et al., 2005), and self-presentational concerns (Smith et al.”