Board #29 - The Public Opinion of Genocide: Testing levels of moral conviction to the term “genocide”

• In Event: 74-302 - Poster Session: Human Rights, Law, and International Accountability

Brief Overview

A survey experiment tests the effect of the term genocide on public attitudes. Participants are assigned one of three scenarios, that describe the same crisis, and differ only in the terminology used: "genocide," "war crimes," or "war."

Author

• Amelie Malone, Loyola University Chicago