Do Religious Skeptics Differ from Religious Believers in their Interest in Celebrities?

Given the prejudice directed toward religious skeptics, it is imperative that we learn as much as we can about this minority group. We administered the Celebrity Attitude Scale (CAS), and some brief additional measures of attitudes about celebrities to a sample of 91 religious believers and 92 skept...

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Κύριος συγγραφέας: McCutcheon, Lynn E. (Συγγραφέας)
Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Richman, Harvey (Άλλος)
Τύπος μέσου: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Άρθρο
Γλώσσα:Αγγλικά
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Έκδοση: Equinox [2016]
Στο/Στη: Implicit religion
Έτος: 2016, Τόμος: 19, Τεύχος: 2, Σελίδες: 225-235
Τυποποιημένες (ακολουθίες) λέξεων-κλειδιών:B Διασημότητα <μοτίβο> / Λατρεία / Θρησκευτικότητα / Σκεπτικισμός
Άλλες λέξεις-κλειδιά:B Religious adherents
B Celebrities
B skeptics
B Minorities
B United States
B Religious
B Believers
B Skepticism
B Stereotypes
B Θρησκεία (μοτίβο)
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Σύνοψη:Given the prejudice directed toward religious skeptics, it is imperative that we learn as much as we can about this minority group. We administered the Celebrity Attitude Scale (CAS), and some brief additional measures of attitudes about celebrities to a sample of 91 religious believers and 92 skeptics recruited throughout the US from Mechanical Turk. We predicted that skeptics would have less favorable attitudes toward celebrities in general and feel less strongly attached to their own favorite celebrity, as compared to the believers. The first prediction was confirmed but not the second. We also compared believers with skeptics on choices of an "entertainer" vs. "non-entertainer" favorite celebrity, and found no significant difference. The results are discussed in light of current research on religious skeptics and celebrity worshipers.
ISSN:1743-1697
Περιλαμβάνει:Enthalten in: Implicit religion
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1558/imre.29534