ICPS
2021 APS Virtual Convention · 2021
Friends, Follows, and Feelings: Diverse Online and Offline Social Interactions Predict Racial Empathy and White Guilt
- Madeleine Fowler
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Semira Abera
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Eleanor Humphreys
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Yujia Bai
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Anna Wruck
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Emily Blevins
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Abstract
This study investigates diversity of White student’s friends and diversity of social media use as predictors of empathy, guilt, and fear. Diverse friend groups were associated with lower White guilt, and greater variety of social media use was associated with lower White empathy. Results were moderated by White racial identity.
Racism and Discrimination
