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Narratives of solidarity: Eperimental evidence on shifting attitudestowards refugees
No full textThis study investigates the constitutive role of narratives–multilayered, story-like, normative communications–in shaping public attitudes towards one of the world's most systematically stigmatised groups: forcibly displaced migrants such as refugees, asylum seekers, and undocumented migrants. We introduce a novel sequential design where qualitative fieldwork informs the development of a large-scale online survey experiment (N= 1507). Our work tests the impact of solidarity-driven and bias-disrupting narratives in Turkey, a critical host country for refugees over the last decade, amidst intense public hostility, departing from experimental scholarship's common focus on negative narratives that highlight the outsider status of migrants. We demonstrate that even brief exposure to our narratives significantly improves both attitudinal solidarity and the willingness to take pro-refugee action in a challenging context. Critically, these effects are most pronounced among religious individuals, lower-income groups, and people who have minimal or no contact with refugees previously. These results provide strong evidence that carefully crafted narratives can shift public opinion and change the attitudes of some key groups towards refugees who are reported to hold firm anti-refugee and anti-migrant views. Overall, the study provides empirically grounded strategies for countering the pervasive narrative dominance of nativist actors who rely on sensationalised and misleading narratives. © 2026 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.European Union's Horizon 202
Deterrence, prior experience, and drunk-driving intentions: A survey experiment among Turkish drivers
No full textThis study evaluates the core claims of deterrence theory in the context of drunk driving among Turkish drivers. Using a scenario-based, 3 × 3 factorial survey, 1153 respondents read one randomly assigned vignette that varied the likelihood of police detection (low/medium/high) and the severity of legal sanctions (fine only/fine + license suspension/fine + license suspension + imprisonment). Participants then reported (a) their perceived certainty of apprehension, (b) the perceived severity of punishment, and (c) their likelihood of driving after drinking. Additional items captured demographics, lifetime drunk-driving frequency and punishment history. Findings replicate several patterns in a non-Western setting. Higher perceived certainty and, to a lesser extent, higher perceived severity were associated with lower offending intentions. Environmental cues embedded in the vignettes systematically shifted certainty and severity perceptions. Prior drunk-driving experience lowered perceived certainty, but prior punishment did not raise it, offering only partial support for specific deterrence. Certainty effects emerged only above a 70 % subjective likelihood of apprehension, and severity mattered chiefly when certainty was moderate. The limited impact of formal punishment, together with evidence of compliance despite low perceived risk, suggests an important role for informal social controls in Turkey's drunk-driving deterrence landscape. © 2025 Elsevier Lt
Emotional labour in online teaching for university lecturers after the February 2023 Kahramanmaraş and Hatay earthquakes: A narrative inquiry
No full textThe use of technology in online and hybrid English classes has brought about significant changes in the role and responsibilities of English teachers. As students become increasingly reliant on technology, English teachers are now expected to provide emotional support to their students using digital tools in addition to academic guidance. This added responsibility, as one manifestation of emotional labour, can significantly impact English teachers’ well-being and job satisfaction. The current qualitative study sheds light on the experiences of 10 university lecturers teaching English after the decision to transfer the face-to-face courses online due to the devastating earthquake in Hatay and Kahramanmaraş provinces in 2023, Türkiye. The data were collected through a narrative frame and semi-structured interviews and analysed using content analysis. Findings suggested that managing learners within the hybrid classroom increased the emotional labour of lecturers, as they had to navigate the complexities of engaging both online and in-person students simultaneously. Moreover, hybrid teaching demanded enhanced emotional regulation, increased multitasking, and continuous adjustments to teaching strategies preparing for either fully online or face-to-face classes to reduce the emotional labour. The findings may inform decision-makers to take into consideration the emotional labour of educators while making decisions on transitions among face-to-face, hybrid or online teaching