%0 Journal Article
%T Reducing Group Alignment in Factual Disputes? The Limited Effects of Social Identity Interventions
%A Benjamin Lyons
%J Science Communication
%@ 1552-8545
%D 2018
%R 10.1177/1075547018804826
%X Public divisions over contested science often arise due to individuals¡¯ motivation to hold beliefs in line with others with whom they share a common social identity. To reduce the influence of threatened group identities, this research tests two potential interventions at the point of exposure to new information: self-affirmation and multiple identity salience manipulation. Experiments across dispute contexts¡ªa toxic mining spill, a biofuels mandate, and gene editing technology¡ªshow limited support for either intervention reducing group alignment. Together, these results contribute to a growing body of work illuminating the limits of social identity interventions
%K polarization
%K social identity
%K motivated reasoning
%K risk perception
%K self-affirmation
%K social identity complexity
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1075547018804826