@article{ref1,
title="Online sexist meme and its effects on moral and emotional processes in social media",
journal="Computers in human behavior",
year="2021",
author="Paciello, Marinella and D'Errico, Francesca and Saleri, Giorgia and Lamponi, Ernestina",
volume="116",
number="",
pages="e106655-e106655",
abstract="Online sexist aggression is still overlooked in psychosocial literature. The present study aims to investigate moral cognitive and emotional processes associated with different online stances during a heated online discussion prompted by a sexist meme. To this end, adopting a social cognitive framework, we analyzed Twitter comments in response to the public condemnation of a rude sexist meme made about Carola Rackete, the captain of the Sea-Watch. A total of 1249 comments were codified for moral disengagement mechanisms, prosocial reasoning, and moral emotions. The results show the impact of a sexist meme in terms of cognitive and emotional processes. While moral disengagement mechanisms and other-condemning emotions have characterized aggressive stances, prosocial reasoning and other-suffering emotions have characterized prosocial ones. Intermediate stances also emerged during the online discussion, showing a more complex interplay between cognition and emotional moral processes--beyond the mere polarization of two stances. Indeed, some comments defending women image were characterized in active negative emotions (e.g., anger) and prosocial moral reasoning, whereas others &quot;avoiding&quot; comments were characterized by moral disengagement and ironic expressions. The social and theoretical implications of these results are then discussed.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0747-5632",
doi="10.1016/j.chb.2020.106655",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2020.106655"
}