ICPS
2021 APS Virtual Convention · 2021
Shoot the Messenger: Changes in Evaluations of Scientific Information As a Function of Messenger Identity
- April Bleske-Rechek
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire - Parker Lay
University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire - Ryan Dobson
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire - Kora Witthun
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
Abstract
In two studies, one on the topic of sex differences and one on gender dysphoria, we showed that a messenger’s identity (male vs. female, trans vs. non-trans) affects people’s ratings of the messenger’s credibility, the quality of the messenger’s information, and their desire to share versus censor the messenger’s information.
Implicit Bias
