Dr David Smith's Outputs (37)

Land of woke and glory? The conceptualisation and framing of "wokeness" in UK media and public discourses. [Presentation] (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
SMITH, D., BUTLER-WARKE, A. and BOAG, L. 2022. Land of woke and glory? The conceptualisation and framing of "wokeness" in UK media and public discourses. Presented at the 2022 Media, Communication and Cultural Studies Association annual conference (MeCCSA 2022): silenced voices, 7-9 September 2022, Aberdeen, UK.

Though the term originated in the 1960s, it is only relatively recently that the concept of 'woke' became a staple of public discourse in Britain. Often it is alluded to as exemplifying or opposing British values and identity. Particularly where ther... Read More about Land of woke and glory? The conceptualisation and framing of "wokeness" in UK media and public discourses. [Presentation].

I felt like a eunuch: conversations with ex incels. (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
SMITH, D. 2022. I felt like a eunuch: conversations with ex incels. Presented at 2022 British Psychological Society (BPS) Aberdeen hub live networking, 11 April 2022, Aberdeen, UK.

This study aims to find out what draws young men to incel communities. What does the incel social identity mean to them? Why/how do former incels leave their communities? Were their emotional needs met by incel communities? Seven members of digital e... Read More about I felt like a eunuch: conversations with ex incels..

Boredom, bromance and binging: lockdown and the NoFap community. (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
SMITH, D.S., BUTLER-WARKE, A., DAVIDSON, E.-L. and STEVENS, G. 2021. Boredom, bromance and binging: lockdown and the NoFap community. Presented at BPS (British Psychological Society) Male psychology 2021: men's mental health and wellbeing, 22 October 2021, [virtual conference].

The NoFap community are a support group for those, mainly men, who want to abstain from the 'addictive cycle' of pornography, masturbation and orgasm (PMO). The main questions to be asked of this study are: 1) How many NoFappers adapted to lockdown?... Read More about Boredom, bromance and binging: lockdown and the NoFap community..

Taking matters into their own hands: lockdown and the NoFap community. (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
SMITH, D.S. 2021. Taking matters into their own hands: lockdown and the NoFap community. Presented at the 2021 Robert Gordon University community seminar series, 15 June 2021, Aberdeen, UK.

The Covid-19 pandemic and subsequent social distancing measures have been stressful for everyone. To combat negative feelings, such as boredom, loneliness, or isolation, the general public have increased habits such as drinking, smoking, and, most re... Read More about Taking matters into their own hands: lockdown and the NoFap community..

When two tribes go to law: the moral foundations theory and the Brexit negotiations. (2021)
Journal Article
SMITH, D.S. 2021. When two tribes go to law: the moral foundations theory and the Brexit negotiations. Forensic science international: mind and law [online], 2, article ID 100055. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fsiml.2021.100055

Complex negotiations are done by people and are often carried out in pursuit of culturally ingrained ideas such as international unity or national sovereignty. As such, they may be subject to the sorts of adaptive biases and reasoning heuristics that... Read More about When two tribes go to law: the moral foundations theory and the Brexit negotiations..

Tory flag policy: a "cheap tactic" to take people's minds off Brexit, Covid and Nicola Sturgeon? (2021)
Newspaper / Magazine
SMITH, D.S. 2021. Tory flag policy: a "cheap tactic" to take people's minds off Brexit, Covid and Nicola Sturgeon? Left foot forward [online], 26 March 2021. Available from: https://leftfootforward.org/2021/03/is-tory-flag-policy-cheap-tactic-to-take-peoples-minds-of-brexit-covid-and-nicola-sturgeon/

In this contribution to "Left Foot Forward", the author explores how flags form a long-standing aspect of human social and national histories, helping to form connections among "insiders" while making "outsiders" feel unwelcome.

The Colston conundrum: what's behind the right's respect for slaver statues? (2020)
Newspaper / Magazine
SMITH, D.S. 2020. The Colston conundrum: what's behind the right's respect for slaver statues? Left foot forward [online], 11 June 2020. Available from: https://leftfootforward.org/2020/06/the-colston-conundrum-whats-behind-the-rights-respect-for-slaver-statues/

In this contribution to "Left Foot Forward", the author explores how the way in which the UK reacted to the unceremonious toppling and harbourside-dumping of Edward Colston's statue in Bristol reflects a warped vision of nationhood and Britain's impe... Read More about The Colston conundrum: what's behind the right's respect for slaver statues?.

Shaping the modern world with a stone-age brain: the Brexit referendum and the moral foundations theory. (2019)
Journal Article
SMITH, D.S. 2019. Shaping the modern world with a stone-age brain: the Brexit referendum and the moral foundations theory. Journal of social and political psychology [online], 7(2), pages 863-889. Available from: https://doi.org/10.5964/jspp.v7i2.1032

Decision making is not always a reasoned process. It is often subject to reflexive heuristics. The Moral Foundations Theory is a popular theoretical framework that characterises political decisions by adherence to an evolutionary criterion. Based on... Read More about Shaping the modern world with a stone-age brain: the Brexit referendum and the moral foundations theory..

Use of ‘gay dating apps’ and its relationship with individual well-being and sense of community in men who have sex with men. (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
ZERVOULIS, K., SMITH, D.S., REED, R. and DINOS, S. 2020. Use of 'gay dating apps' and its relationship with individual well-being and sense of community in men who have sex with men. Psychology and sexuality [online], 11(1-2): special issue containing papers from 2018 Preaching to the choir (PREACH 2018): an international Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Questioning (LGBTQ) psychology pre-conference to the 29th International congress of applied psychology (ICAT 2018), 24-25 June 2018, Montréal, Canada, pages 88-102. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1080/19419899.2019.1684354

There is growing literature and empirical work that is investigating if and how mobile phone and tablet dating apps are influencing the lives of their users. An online questionnaire-based study was developed to investigate how men who have sex with m... Read More about Use of ‘gay dating apps’ and its relationship with individual well-being and sense of community in men who have sex with men..

Use of "gay dating apps" (GDAs) by men who have sex with men: different patterns and evaluation of such use in relation to individual well-being and collective identity processes. (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
ZERVOULIS, K., REED. R., SMITH, D.S. and DINOS, S. 2018. Use of "gay dating apps" (GDAs) by men who have sex with men: different patterns and evaluation of such use in relation to individual well-being and collective identity processes. Presented at the 2018 International LGBTQ psychology pre-conference: preaching to the choir (Preach 2018), 24-25 June 2018, Montreal, Canada.

There is growing literature and empirical work that is investigating if and how mobile phone and tablet dating apps are influencing the lives of their users. An online questionnaire-based study was developed to investigate how men who have sex with m... Read More about Use of "gay dating apps" (GDAs) by men who have sex with men: different patterns and evaluation of such use in relation to individual well-being and collective identity processes..

What the Five Foundations theory tells us about the Conservative and Labour party Twitter feeds. [Blog post] (2017)
Digital Artefact
SMITH, D.S. and BARONI, B. 2017. What the Five Foundations theory tells us about the Conservative and Labour party Twitter feeds. [Blog post]. Posted on the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) British and Irish Politics and Policy blog [online], 2 August 2017. Available from: https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpolicy/five-foundations-theory-and-twitter/

In this blog post, authors David Smith and Beatrice Baroni argue that differences between the messages communicated by the two main parties through Twitter during the election campaign were consistent with differences between left- and right-wing mor... Read More about What the Five Foundations theory tells us about the Conservative and Labour party Twitter feeds. [Blog post].

Commentary: Shaping men's memory: the effects of a female's waist-to-hip ratio on men's memory for her appearance and biographical information. (2017)
Journal Article
SMITH, D.S. 2017. Commentary: Shaping men's memory: the effects of a female's waist-to-hip ratio on men's memory for her appearance and biographical information. Frontiers in psychology [online], 8, article 157. Available from: https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00157

"But what the hell is it for?" asked Alan Baddeley (1988) about human memory. From an adaptive perspective, our mnemonic systems ought to be calibrated to retain information of high adaptive value i.e., that which promotes individual survival and rep... Read More about Commentary: Shaping men's memory: the effects of a female's waist-to-hip ratio on men's memory for her appearance and biographical information..

Moral language regulation. (2016)
Other
SMITH, D.S. 2016. Moral language regulation. In Shackelford, T. and Weekes-Shackelford, V. (eds.). Encyclopedia of evolutionary psychological science. Cham: Springer [online], pages 1-4. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16999-6_3312-1

In "The Descent of Man", Charles Darwin identified a moral sense as the cornerstone of what it is to be human. He suggested that, to a social species, the evolution of an ethical brain was essential. This is because no interdependent tribe could succ... Read More about Moral language regulation..

Socio-sexuality and episodic memory function in women: further evidence of an adaptive "mating mode". (2013)
Journal Article
SMITH, D.S., JONES, B.C. and ALLAN, K. 2013. Socio-sexuality and episodic memory function in women: further evidence of an adaptive "mating mode". Memory and cognition [online], 41(6), pages 850-861. Available from: https://doi.org/10.3758/s13421-013-0301-1

The functionalist memory perspective predicts that information of adaptive value may trigger specific processing modes. It was recently demonstrated that women's memory is sensitive to cues of male sexual dimorphism (i.e., masculinity) that convey in... Read More about Socio-sexuality and episodic memory function in women: further evidence of an adaptive "mating mode"..

The realities of a part-time PhD (2012)
Journal Article
SMITH, D. 2012. The realities of a part-time PhD. Psychologist [online], 25(1), pages 80-81. Available from: https://www.bps.org.uk/psychologist/careers-diplomat-director

According to a recent review (Kulej & Park, 2008, cited in Hooley et al., 2009) 32 % of full-time PhD students are below the age of 25 while just 5 % of part-time students are. This statistic shows that amongst graduates the latter option is highly u... Read More about The realities of a part-time PhD.

Evidence of adaptation for mate choice within women's memory. (2011)
Journal Article
ALLAN, K., JONES, B.C., DEBRUINE, L.M. and SMITH, D.S. 2012. Evidence of adaptation for mate choice within women's memory. Evolution and human behavior [online], 33(3), pages 193-199. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2011.09.002

Sexually dimorphic characteristics in men may act as cues, advertising long-term health, dominance, and reproductive potential to prospective mates. Evolution has accordingly adapted human cognition so that women perceive sexually dimorphic facial fe... Read More about Evidence of adaptation for mate choice within women's memory..

A modulatory effect of male voice pitch on long-term memory in women: evidence of adaptation for mate choice? (2011)
Journal Article
SMITH, D.S., JONES, B.C., FEINBERG, D.R. and ALLAN, K. 2012. A modulatory effect of male voice pitch on long-term memory in women: evidence of adaptation for mate choice? Memory and cognition [online], 40(1), pages 135-144. Available from: https://doi.org/10.3758/s13421-011-0136-6

From a functionalist perspective, human memory should be attuned to information of adaptive value for one's survival and reproductive fitness. While evidence of sensitivity to survival-related information is growing, specific links between memory and... Read More about A modulatory effect of male voice pitch on long-term memory in women: evidence of adaptation for mate choice?.