Beautiful victims: How the halo of attractiveness impacts judgments of celebrity and lay victims of online abuse

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Highlights:

• Celebrities targets were victim-blamed to a lesser extent than layperson targets following cyberabuse.

• Abusive incidents involving celebrity targets were perceived as more-severe than incidents involving laypersons.

• Celebrities are seen as more socially-, physically, and task-attractive than laypersons.

• Observer Psychopathy and Machiavellianism predict victim-blaming and perceptions of severity.

• Victim attractiveness and status predict victim-blaming and perceptions of severity.

摘要

•Celebrities targets were victim-blamed to a lesser extent than layperson targets following cyberabuse.•Abusive incidents involving celebrity targets were perceived as more-severe than incidents involving laypersons.•Celebrities are seen as more socially-, physically, and task-attractive than laypersons.•Observer Psychopathy and Machiavellianism predict victim-blaming and perceptions of severity.•Victim attractiveness and status predict victim-blaming and perceptions of severity.

论文关键词:Attractiveness,Cyberabuse,Dark triad,Twitter,Victim blame

论文评审过程:Received 19 October 2021, Revised 8 December 2021, Accepted 19 December 2021, Available online 22 December 2021, Version of Record 6 January 2022.

论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2021.107157