Dear Colleagues,

 

We hope you have been well over the summer! We are delighted to invite you to the first JPOSS session of the 2024-2025 academic year: 

 

U.S. ET: September 26 (Thurs), 8-9 PM

JST: September 27 (Fri), 9-10 AM

Event page & Zoom registration: https://jposs.org/event/saijo-09-26-2024/

Presenter: Harunobu Saijo (Hiroshima University)

Discussants: Volha Charnysh (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) and Anil Menon (University of California, Merced)

Chair: Yusaku Horiuchi (Dartmouth College)

 

Abstract:  Past studies show collective violence exposure can lead to increased hostility or greater tolerance towards outgroups. Victimized groups are often also perpetrators. We propose that balanced framing, or recognizing victimhood while acknowledging perpetration may be more effective in reducing hostility than either alone. We will test this with the case of Japanese settlers from Nagano Prefecture who faced violence during evacuation from Manchuria with a planned survey of respondents from Nagano. Mainstream narratives in Nagano emphasize both their role as perpetrators and their victimhood. Using an instrumental variables approach, we will demonstrate that greater exposure to victimization under such dual framing leads contemporary survey respondents to exhibit as yet unmeasured attitudes towards China and other outgroups. Additionally, treating respondents with balanced framing in a vignette experiment results in as yet unmeasured attitudes towards China and other outgroups, compared to other framings.

 

The paper will be available on the event page one week before the session. We look forward to your participation!

 

Best wishes,

 

Amy Catalinac, Christina Davis, Shinju Fujihira, Yusaku Horiuchi, Saori Katada, Phillip Lipscy, and Dan Smith