Bryan McLaughlin
Texas Tech University
39 Papers
146 Citations
Bryan McLaughlin is an academic researcher from Texas Tech University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Politics & Context (language use). The author has an hindex of 10, co-authored 33 publications. Previous affiliations of Bryan McLaughlin include University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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Papers
Identifying With a Stereotype: The Divergent Effects of Exposure to Homosexual Television Characters
TL;DR: The concept of stereotyped identification is introduced—the idea that cognitively and emotionally identifying with fictional characters can increase acceptance of minorities, while reinforcing implicit stereotypes about how they look, act, and talk.
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Cueing God: Religious Cues and Voter Support
Bryan McLaughlin,David Wise +1 more
TL;DR: This article examined the effect of general religious cues by conducting an experiment on a national sample and found that overt religious cues are more polarizing than subtle religious cues, however, they do not appear to become more effective as citizens become more religious.
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Emotions and Affective Polarization: How Enthusiasm and Anxiety About Presidential Candidates Affect Interparty Attitudes:
TL;DR: In this article, the authors considered how the emotions (enthusiasm and anxiety) partisans feel toward U.S. presidential candidates may heighten or diminish their support for the candidates.
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Predictors of the change in the expression of emotional support within an online breast cancer support group: A longitudinal study
Woohyun Yoo,Ming-Yuan Chih,Min Woo Kwon,JungHwan Yang,Eunji Cho,Bryan McLaughlin,Kang Namkoong,Dhavan V. Shah,David H. Gustafson +8 more
TL;DR: It was found that age, living situation, comfort level with computer and the Internet, coping strategies were important factors in predicting the changing pattern of expressing emotional support.
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