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DESCRIPTION:The Moynihan Institute and the program for Comparative Politics
 /International Relations is proud to host Niloufer Siddiqui from SUNY Alba
 ny.&nbsp\;Vigilante violence\, often targeting religious and sectarian min
 orities\, has taken the lives of hundreds of people in India and Pakistan 
 in recent years. While journalistic accounts often link anti-minority vigi
 lantism to misinformation\, the precise link between misinformation and su
 pport for extralegal violence remains unidentified. We field simultaneous 
 in-person&nbsp\;experiments in Punjab\, Pakistan\, and Uttar Pradesh\, Ind
 ia\, regions where lynchings&nbsp\;of minority citizens have&nbsp\;been pr
 eceded by misinformation. We find that decreasing the credibility of misin
 formation significantly reduces support for vigilantism in both countries 
 and that this effect is not attenuated by prior intolerance towards outgro
 ups. In contrast\, we find that information about state and elite position
 ality does little to change attitudes towards vigilantism.
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SUMMARY:Misinformation and Support for Vigilantism: An Experiment in India 
 and Pakistan
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>The Moynihan Institute and the program for 
 Comparative Politics/International Relations is proud to host Niloufer Sid
 diqui from SUNY Albany.&nbsp\;</p><p>Vigilante violence\, often targeting 
 religious and sectarian minorities\, has taken the lives of hundreds of pe
 ople in India and Pakistan in recent years. While journalistic accounts of
 ten link anti-minority vigilantism to misinformation\, the precise link be
 tween misinformation and support for extralegal violence remains unidentif
 ied. We field simultaneous in-person&nbsp\;<span style="background-color: 
 initial\; text-align: inherit\; caret-color: auto"><span style="font-famil
 y: inherit"><span style="text-transform: inherit\; white-space: inherit\; 
 word-spacing: normal">experiments in Punjab\, Pakistan\, and Uttar Pradesh
 \, India\, regions where </span></span>lynchings<span style="font-family: 
 inherit"><span style="text-transform: inherit\; white-space: inherit\; wor
 d-spacing: normal">&nbsp\;of minority citizens have&nbsp\;</span></span></
 span>been preceded by misinformation. </p><p>We find that decreasing the c
 redibility of misinformation significantly reduces support for vigilantism
  in both countries and that this effect is not attenuated by prior intoler
 ance towards outgroups. In contrast\, we find that information about state
  and elite positionality does little to change attitudes towards vigilanti
 sm.</p>
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