Thursday 23 May 2019

Information and language in news impact prejudice against minorities

(University of Bern) Researchers at the Institute of Psychology show how news about immigrants and language describing immigrants shape prejudice against immigrants and other social minorities, as part of the project 'Immigrants in the Media.' For instance, nouns used for describing the ethnicity of immigrants enhance prejudice against immigrants more than adjectives.

from EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science http://bit.ly/2WWgT0R

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