Doctoral Dissertation Research: Public Opinions and National Identification Shifts

博士论文研究：舆论与国家认同的转变

• 批准号: 1102587
• 负责人: Andreas Wimmer
• 金额: $ 0.9万
• 依托单位: University of California-Los Angeles
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2011
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2011-03-15 至 2012-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1102587&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Doctoral; Dissertation; Research; Public; Opinions

Doctoral Dissertation Research: Public Opinions and National Identification ShiftsSES - 1102587Dr. Andreas Wimmer (PI)Yuval Feinstein (co-PI)University of California, Los AngelesAbstractPublic opinion about the U.S. president and presidential policies usually reflects basic social and ideological divisions related to e.g., partisanship, religion, education, income, age, sex, and race. Occasionally, however, wars and security crises can boost a president's job approval rating. This shift in political attitudes happens when an international conflict situation causes people to experience higher levels of identification with the nation. As a result, support for the commander-in-chief tends to cut across fault lines that normally shape public attitudes. This study seeks an answer to the following questions: How do international crisis that cause people to identify more strongly with their nation affect people's emotional responses? How do these emotions, in turn, affect people's attitudes toward the president and foreign policy? To answer these questions, the project uses the international turmoil around Iran's nuclear program as a case study. The methodology relies on a survey-based experiment involving a representative sample of adult American citizens. Participants are presented with different vignettes in the survey that allow us to test whether nationalist priming affects individuals' reactions to news about an international crisis situation, and whether the way the conflict is framed affects people's responses. Broader ImpactsThis study will contribute to the literature on nationalism, as well as social movements and emotions. In addition, findings from this study may help us understand the mechanisms through which national identification affects political attitudes at individual and collective levels. This could shape strategies used by various political interest groups.

博士学位论文研究：舆论与国家认同转移。加州大学洛杉矶分校安德烈亚斯·维默(Pi)尤瓦尔·范斯坦(Yuval Feinstein)摘要关于美国总统和总统政策的公众舆论通常反映出与党派、宗教、教育、收入、年龄、性别和种族等相关的基本社会和意识形态分歧。然而，偶尔，战争和安全危机会提高总统的工作支持率。当国际冲突局势导致人们对国家有更高的认同感时，这种政治态度的转变就会发生。因此，对总司令的支持往往会跨越通常会影响公众态度的断层。这项研究寻求以下问题的答案：导致人们对国家认同更强烈的国际危机如何影响人们的情感反应？这些情绪又是如何影响人们对总统和外交政策的态度的？为了回答这些问题，该项目将围绕伊朗核计划的国际动荡作为案例研究。该方法依赖于一项基于调查的实验，该实验涉及具有代表性的美国成年公民样本。在调查中，参与者看到了不同的小插曲，这让我们能够测试民族主义是否会影响个人对有关国际危机局势的消息的反应，以及冲突的框架方式是否会影响人们的反应。更广泛的影响这项研究将对民族主义以及社会运动和情感的文学做出贡献。此外，这项研究的发现可能有助于我们理解国家认同通过什么机制影响个人和集体层面的政治态度。这可能会影响各种政治利益集团使用的策略。