Collective Identity

The Righteous Mind: Why Good People are Divided by Politics and Religion

Jonathan Haidt’s The Righteous Mind explores the psychological bases of moral reasoning, arguing that people’s moral judgments are driven more by intuitive, emotional processes than by deliberate reasoning, and that ideological divisions stem from differences in moral foundations. He proposes that understanding moral psychology can help explain political and cultural polarization.

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The Psychology of the Internet

Patricia Wallace’s The Psychology of the Internet provides a comprehensive research‑based overview of how online environments shape human behavior, emotions, and social interaction across contexts such as impression formation, group dynamics, aggression, attraction, altruism, privacy, gaming, development, and gender. The book integrates classic and contemporary psychological research to explain why people behave differently online and how those behaviors both reflect and inform social life on the Internet.

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Collective Social Identity: Synthesizing Identity Theory and Social Identity Theory Using Digital Data

Davis et al integrate Identity Theory (IT) and Social Identity Theory (SIT) by conceptualizing collective identity as a form of group/social identity applicable to activist collectives. Using digital data from YouTube comments on veganism videos, the authors show that collective identity aligns with identity feedback processes and bridges IT and SIT concepts.

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