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- Title
Predicting the Importance of Freedom of Speech and the Perceived Harm of Hate Speech.
- Authors
DOWNS, DANIEL M.; COWAN, GLORIA
- Abstract
Although freedom of speech is a fundamental value in the United States, individuals vary in the importance they place on it. The purpose of this study was to examine personality and attitudinal factors that may influence an individual's judgments of the importance of freedom of speech and, secondarily, the harm of hate speech. As expected, the importance of freedom of speech was positively related to intellect, individualism, separate knowing, and negatively related to right-wing authoritarianism. Men rated freedom of speech more important than did women. The perceived harm of hate speech was positively related to intellect and liberalism, and women perceived a greater harm of hate speech than did men.
- Subjects
UNITED States; FREEDOM of speech -- Social aspects; HATE speech; INDIVIDUALISM; POLITICAL science research; LIBEL &; slander
- Publication
Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 2012, Vol 42, Issue 6, p1353
- ISSN
0021-9029
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1559-1816.2012.00902.x