Doctoral Dissertation Research: Public Opinions and National Identification Shifts

博士论文研究：公众舆论和国家认同的转变SES-1102587博士。安德烈亚斯维默（PI）尤瓦尔范斯坦（共同PI）加州大学，洛杉矶摘要公众对美国总统和总统政策的看法通常反映了基本的社会和意识形态分歧，例如，党派、宗教、教育、收入、年龄、性别和种族。然而，战争和安全危机偶尔也会提高总统的工作支持率。这种政治态度的转变发生在国际冲突局势使人们对国家有更高程度的认同感时。 因此，对总司令的支持往往会跨越通常影响公众态度的断层线。本研究试图回答以下问题：国际危机如何导致人们更强烈地认同他们的国家影响人们的情绪反应？ 这些情绪又如何影响人们对总统和外交政策的态度？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。 该方法依赖于一个基于调查的实验，涉及成年美国公民的代表性样本。 参与者在调查中呈现不同的小插曲，使我们能够测试民族主义启动是否会影响个人对国际危机局势新闻的反应，以及冲突的方式是否会影响人们的反应。更广泛的影响这项研究将有助于对民族主义的文学，以及社会运动和情绪。此外，本研究的发现可能有助于我们了解国家认同在个人和集体层面影响政治态度的机制。这可能会影响各种政治利益集团使用的战略。

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.