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2012
Charisse
L’Pree
Corsbie-‐Massay
RACIAL
AND
GENDER
EXCLUSION
AFFECT
NOVEL
GROUP
IDENTITY
by
Charisse
L’Pree
Corsbie-‐Massay
A
Dissertation
Presented
to
the
FACULTY
OF
THE
USC
GRADUATE
SCHOOL
UNIVERSITY
OF
SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA
In
Partial
Fulfillment
of
the
Requirements
for
the
Degree
DOCTOR
OF
PHILOSOPHY
(PSYCHOLOGY)
August
2012
Object Description
| Title | Racial and gender exclusion affect novel group identity |
| Author | Corsbie-Massay, Charisse L'Pree |
| Author email | corsbiem@usc.edu;charisselpree@alumni.usc.edu |
| Degree | Doctor of Philosophy |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Psychology |
| School | College of Letters, Arts And Sciences |
| Date defended/completed | 2012-03-28 |
| Date submitted | 2012-07-25 |
| Date approved | 2012-07-25 |
| Restricted until | 2012-07-25 |
| Date published | 2012-07-25 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Read, Stephen J. |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Wood, Wendy Huey, Stanley, Jr. Jenkins, Henry |
| Abstract | Groups are an important component of self-concepts and essential to survival; however, the demographic composition of a group often provides important cues as to whether an individual will be accepted and this implicit information can affect our identification with novel groups. Although prior research regarding ambient belonging and group-level ostracism have attempted to address the issue of gender exclusion, no research to date investigates racial exclusion, identity with the targeted group (e.g., racial identity, gender identity), or affiliation with the excluding group. Drawing on several psychological theories including social identity, ostracism, and discrimination, the current research features independently produced videos for ""Digital Heroes"" a group of young Americans interested in new and interactive media, that systematically omit specific racial and gender groups to investigate the effects of racial and gender exclusion on viewer self-concepts, identity, and attitudes. ❧ Results reveal that, for participants that self-categorize with a novel group (i.e., ""I am a Digital Hero""), racial and gender exclusion interact with racial and gender identity in a similar manner: For participants highly identified with their race or gender, demographic group exclusion resulted in lower Digital Hero identity, whereas participants not highly identified with their race or gender reported greater Digital Hero identity when their demographic group was excluded. These findings indicate that identification with the targeted demographic group (e.g., race, gender) activates different mechanisms for coping with demographic group exclusion from a group with which the participant desires to belong, and provide insight into the effects of excluding other demographic groups (e.g., religion, sexuality, body size). Furthermore, although the effects of racial and gender exclusion on identity with the novel group were similar, only racial exclusion increased negative mood indicating that racial exclusion, but not gender exclusion, was personally painful. These findings are relevant to a variety of research areas including intergroup relations, social exclusion, social identity, identity threat, and discrimination as well as fields outside of psychology including communication and media studies, political science, and race and gender studies. |
| Keyword | social identity; ostracism; discrimination; race; gender; media |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Provenance | Electronically uploaded by the author |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m |
| Rights | Corsbie-Massay, Charisse L'Pree |
| Access conditions | The author retains rights to his/her dissertation, thesis or other graduate work according to U.S. copyright law. Electronic access is being provided by the USC Libraries in agreement with the author, as the original true and official version of the work, but does not grant the reader permission to use the work if the desired use is covered by copyright. It is the author, as rights holder, who must provide use permission if such use is covered by copyright. The original signature page accompanying the original submission of the work to the USC Libraries is retained by the USC Libraries and a copy of it may be obtained by authorized requesters contacting the repository e-mail address given. |
| Repository name | University of Southern California Digital Library |
| Repository address | USC Digital Library, University of Southern California, University Park Campus MC 7002, 106 University Village, Los Angeles, California 90089-7002, USA |
| Repository email | cisadmin@usc.edu |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume4/etd-CorsbieMas-999.pdf |
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| Full text | Copyright 2012 Charisse L’Pree Corsbie-‐Massay RACIAL AND GENDER EXCLUSION AFFECT NOVEL GROUP IDENTITY by Charisse L’Pree Corsbie-‐Massay A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE USC GRADUATE SCHOOL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (PSYCHOLOGY) August 2012 |
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