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Sexism and Racism Negatively Predict Preference for Diverse Characters in Star Wars Fans

Overview of attention for article published in Psychology of Popular Media, April 2024
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  • In the top 25% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
  • Among the highest-scoring outputs from this source (#46 of 144)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (86th percentile)

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Title
Sexism and Racism Negatively Predict Preference for Diverse Characters in Star Wars Fans
Published in
Psychology of Popular Media, April 2024
DOI 10.1037/ppm0000462
Authors

Stephen Reysen, Grace A. Packard, Courtney N. Plante

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Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 11. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 16 March 2023.
All research outputs
#3,458,135
of 25,806,763 outputs
Outputs from Psychology of Popular Media
#46
of 144 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#33,379
of 247,847 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Psychology of Popular Media
#2
of 4 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 25,806,763 research outputs across all sources so far. Compared to these this one has done well and is in the 86th percentile: it's in the top 25% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric.
So far Altmetric has tracked 144 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 38.6. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 66% of its peers.
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