Can a Network-Based Attitude Space Inform Social Identification?
This research explores the relationship between attitudes and identities within a network-based space. By introducing a novel approach, the study delves into how attitudes shape social identification. The project has received funding from prestigious entities, emphasizing the significance of its findings. The methodology employed focuses on using item-response theory to understand attitudes more comprehensively, showcasing the importance of each node in the network. Through examining various topics such as gay rights, country music, and abortion, the research aims to provide valuable insights into attitude-identity correlations.
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Can a network-based attitude space inform social identification? Introducing a novel approach to research attitude-identity relationships Adrian Lueders, Dino Carpentras, Michael Quayle dino.carpentras@gmail.com - www.dinocarp.com - twitter:@justaNormalDino
Linear spectrum Network / Item response theory dino.carpentras@gmail.com - www.dinocarp.com - twitter:@justaNormalDino
Fundings This project has received funding from the European Union s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Sk odowska-Curie grant agreement No 891347 and from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (grant agreement No. 802421). dino.carpentras@gmail.com - www.dinocarp.com - twitter:@justaNormalDino
Warning Improper language ahead dino.carpentras@gmail.com - www.dinocarp.com - twitter:@justaNormalDino
How our method works dino.carpentras@gmail.com - www.dinocarp.com - twitter:@justaNormalDino
Gay rights Country music Abortion Abortion D dino.carpentras@gmail.com - www.dinocarp.com - twitter:@justaNormalDino
Similarity link Gay rights Country music Abortion Abortion D dino.carpentras@gmail.com - www.dinocarp.com - twitter:@justaNormalDino
Similarity link Gay rights Country music Abortion Abortion D dino.carpentras@gmail.com - www.dinocarp.com - twitter:@justaNormalDino
Attitudes We are based on IRT Every node is not an item But an item-response We call them attitudes Abortion legal:Strongly agree Abortion legal:Strongly disagree Abortion Abortion Abortion dino.carpentras@gmail.com - www.dinocarp.com - twitter:@justaNormalDino
Distance Country music Gay rights Abortion Abortion D dino.carpentras@gmail.com - www.dinocarp.com - twitter:@justaNormalDino
Clusters dino.carpentras@gmail.com - www.dinocarp.com - twitter:@justaNormalDino
Node: item-response Gay rights Gay rights Gay rights Women rights Abortion dino.carpentras@gmail.com - www.dinocarp.com - twitter:@justaNormalDino
Node: item-response Low prb High prb of being selected together dino.carpentras@gmail.com - www.dinocarp.com - twitter:@justaNormalDino
The data dino.carpentras@gmail.com - www.dinocarp.com - twitter:@justaNormalDino
The data Prolific academic Americans N= 402 8 political items 5 levels SD = Republican SA = Democrat Self identification dino.carpentras@gmail.com - www.dinocarp.com - twitter:@justaNormalDino
What we expected dino.carpentras@gmail.com - www.dinocarp.com - twitter:@justaNormalDino
What we expected Strongly Disagree, Weakly Disagree, Neutral, Weakly Agree, Strongly Agree (using only 3 items for visual representation) dino.carpentras@gmail.com - www.dinocarp.com - twitter:@justaNormalDino
What we expected Strongly Disagree, Weakly Disagree, Neutral, Weakly Agree, Strongly Agree (using only 3 items for visual representation) dino.carpentras@gmail.com - www.dinocarp.com - twitter:@justaNormalDino
Levels Strongly Disagree, Weakly Disagree, Neutral, Weakly Agree, Strongly Agree dino.carpentras@gmail.com - www.dinocarp.com - twitter:@justaNormalDino
Levels Strongly Disagree, Weakly Disagree, Neutral, Weakly Agree, Strongly Agree dino.carpentras@gmail.com - www.dinocarp.com - twitter:@justaNormalDino
Is this an artifact? If you Weakly Agree that abortion should be legal, you are on the Republican Side dino.carpentras@gmail.com - www.dinocarp.com - twitter:@justaNormalDino
Self ID Correlation with self- identification as Democrat [Discretized] blue = positive; red = negative dino.carpentras@gmail.com - www.dinocarp.com - twitter:@justaNormalDino
Self ID Correlation with self- identification as Democrat [Discretized] blue = positive; red = negative dino.carpentras@gmail.com - www.dinocarp.com - twitter:@justaNormalDino
Why? Democrats seem to have a clear positioning on some subjects E.g. Abortion ->Strongly Agree dino.carpentras@gmail.com - www.dinocarp.com - twitter:@justaNormalDino
Why? 2 groups: flat-earthers and non- 1 item: Earth is not flat: Flat earthers Non flat-earthers WA N WD SD SA dino.carpentras@gmail.com - www.dinocarp.com - twitter:@justaNormalDino
Self ID Correlation with self- identification as Democrat [Discretized] blue = positive; red = negative dino.carpentras@gmail.com - www.dinocarp.com - twitter:@justaNormalDino
Other main results On the same dataset People like more close attitudes There are many ways to be republican On other datasets Asymmetry in the opinion space Neutral have more in common with one side Which attitudes are more important for defining a party dino.carpentras@gmail.com - www.dinocarp.com - twitter:@justaNormalDino
Contacts www.dinocarp.com dino.carpentras@gmail.com @JustaNormalDino Social Complexity Preprints coming up soon! dino.carpentras@gmail.com - www.dinocarp.com - twitter:@justaNormalDino