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The article “Riot Like a Girl? Gender-Stereotypical Associations Boost Support for Feminist Online Campaigns” by Marta Witkowska, Marta Beneda, Jan Nikadon, Caterina Suitner, Bruno Gabriel Salvador Casara, and Magdalena Formanowicz has been published in Sex Roles: A Journal of Research. The findings across three studies suggest that online feminist campaigns are perceived differently in terms of…

“Mobilize Is a Verb: The Use of Verbs and Concrete Language Is Associated With Authors’ and Readers’ Perceptions of a Text’s Action Orientation and Persuasiveness” published by the Grammar of Social Relations Lab, in the Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, explores the effectiveness of linguistic strategies in mobilizing individuals to action. This multi-study research investigates how verbs…

The article “The Grammar of Persuasion: A Meta-Analytic Review Disconfirming the Role of Nouns as Linguistic Cues of Subsequent Behavior” by Marta Witkowska, Joanna Dołżycka, Caterina Suitner, and Magdalena Formanowicz has been published in the Journal of Language and Social Psychology. This research offers a critical examination of the assumption that nouns, as a linguistic…

The article “Can Agentic Messages Help? Linguistic Strategies to Counteract Voice-Based Sexual Orientation Discrimination” published by Fabio Fasoli and Magdalena Formanowicz in the British Journal of Social Psychology explores the impact of agentic messaging in combating discrimination against gay and bisexual men based on the sound of their voice. It examines how expressing agency in messages can…