Unexpected, but consistent and pre-registered: Experimental evidence on interview language and Latino views of COVID-19
Much uncertainty remains about effective messaging to boost public support for COVID-19 mitigation efforts, especially among people of color. We investigate the relationship between interview language and expressed support for COVID-19 public health protocols among Latinos: America’s largest ethnic...
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| author | Efrén Pérez Jessica HyunJeong Lee Ana L Oaxaca Carrasco Cole Matthews Madison Ritsema |
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| description | Much uncertainty remains about effective messaging to boost public support for COVID-19 mitigation efforts, especially among people of color. We investigate the relationship between interview language and expressed support for COVID-19 public health protocols among Latinos: America’s largest ethnic group. Prior work establishes that interview language shapes opinions by cognitively structuring which considerations people use to express attitudes. Yet other work suggests interview language shapes opinions by activating specific cultural norms associated with a tongue. We predicted that interviewing in Spanish (versus English) would boost support for COVID-19 protocols by activating pro-social norms known to be strongly associated with that language. We uncover null support for this prediction in a pre-registered experiment on bilingual Latino adults ( N = 1645). Instead, we find that Latinos assigned to interview in Spanish report weaker support for COVID-19 protocols, regardless of which cultural norms are primed. We discuss implications for COVID-19 attitudes in linguistically diverse polities. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-4836f5c1ebbc4192b65caf63b4c869752025-08-20T03:29:52ZengSAGE PublishingResearch & Politics2053-16802023-04-011010.1177/20531680231168736Unexpected, but consistent and pre-registered: Experimental evidence on interview language and Latino views of COVID-19Efrén PérezJessica HyunJeong LeeAna L Oaxaca CarrascoCole MatthewsMadison RitsemaMuch uncertainty remains about effective messaging to boost public support for COVID-19 mitigation efforts, especially among people of color. We investigate the relationship between interview language and expressed support for COVID-19 public health protocols among Latinos: America’s largest ethnic group. Prior work establishes that interview language shapes opinions by cognitively structuring which considerations people use to express attitudes. Yet other work suggests interview language shapes opinions by activating specific cultural norms associated with a tongue. We predicted that interviewing in Spanish (versus English) would boost support for COVID-19 protocols by activating pro-social norms known to be strongly associated with that language. We uncover null support for this prediction in a pre-registered experiment on bilingual Latino adults ( N = 1645). Instead, we find that Latinos assigned to interview in Spanish report weaker support for COVID-19 protocols, regardless of which cultural norms are primed. We discuss implications for COVID-19 attitudes in linguistically diverse polities.https://doi.org/10.1177/20531680231168736 |
| spellingShingle | Efrén Pérez Jessica HyunJeong Lee Ana L Oaxaca Carrasco Cole Matthews Madison Ritsema Unexpected, but consistent and pre-registered: Experimental evidence on interview language and Latino views of COVID-19 Research & Politics |
| title | Unexpected, but consistent and pre-registered: Experimental evidence on interview language and Latino views of COVID-19 |
| title_full | Unexpected, but consistent and pre-registered: Experimental evidence on interview language and Latino views of COVID-19 |
| title_fullStr | Unexpected, but consistent and pre-registered: Experimental evidence on interview language and Latino views of COVID-19 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Unexpected, but consistent and pre-registered: Experimental evidence on interview language and Latino views of COVID-19 |
| title_short | Unexpected, but consistent and pre-registered: Experimental evidence on interview language and Latino views of COVID-19 |
| title_sort | unexpected but consistent and pre registered experimental evidence on interview language and latino views of covid 19 |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1177/20531680231168736 |
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