Manufacturing tolerance? Political discourse, electoral campaigns and the expression of inclusive, pro-minority views
(2018) Political Representation in Divided Societies — Location: Brussels (15.November.2018)
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Chiru, Mihail 
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- Does it shape citizens’ attitudes towards minorities and democracy if politicians pay some lip service to the ideas of tolerance, minority inclusion or minority protection in their public statements, or rather make negative statements about minorities? To answer this question our paper draws on original data from three online experiments conducted during the November 2014 presidential election campaign, the December 2016 campaign for parliamentary elections in Romania and in the autumn of 2017. The three experimental studies showed that mere exposure to statements made by politicians can influence the endorsement of intolerant and anti-democratic discourse by citizens, although the type of frames used by the political leaders and the direction of the messages do not seem to make much of a difference. Also, Romanian citizens seem more easily persuaded to endorse more tolerant views on some issues - those related to the Roma minority and to democratic procedures, than on others, i.e. the group rights of the Hungarian minority. The latter findings are remarkably stable over time.
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Chiru, M., Toka, G., & Popescu, M. (2018). Manufacturing tolerance? Political discourse, electoral campaigns and the expression of inclusive, pro-minority views. Political Representation in Divided Societies, Brussels. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/60068