Using the stereotype content model to examine group depictions in Fascism: An archival approach

The Stereotype Content Model (SCM) suggests potentially universal intergroup depictions. If universal, they should apply across history in archival data. Bridging this gap, we examined social groups descriptions during Italy's Fascist era. In Study 1, articles published in a Fascist magazine—La...

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Published in:European journal of social psychology 2010-04, Vol.40 (3), p.465-483
Main Authors: Durante, Federica, Volpato, Chiara, Fiske, Susan T.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Archives
Biological and medical sciences
Competence
Content analysis
Fascism
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Groups
Intergroup Relations
Italy
Political ideology
Political philosophy
Prejudice
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Social interactions. Communication. Group processes
Social psychology
Social research
Stereotypes
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Summary:The Stereotype Content Model (SCM) suggests potentially universal intergroup depictions. If universal, they should apply across history in archival data. Bridging this gap, we examined social groups descriptions during Italy's Fascist era. In Study 1, articles published in a Fascist magazine—La Difesa della Razza—were content analyzed, and results submitted to correspondence analysis. Admiration prejudice depicted ingroups; envious and contemptuous prejudices depicted specific outgroups, generally in line with SCM predictions. No paternalistic prejudice appeared; historical reasons might explain this finding. Results also fit the recently developed BIAS Map of behavioral consequences. In Study 2, ninety‐six undergraduates rated the content‐analysis traits on warmth and competence, without knowing their origin. They corroborated SCM's interpretations of the archival data. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
ISSN:0046-2772
1099-0992
DOI:10.1002/ejsp.637