The effects of news report valence and linguistic labels on
prejudice against social minorities

J 2020

The effects of news report valence and linguistic labels on prejudice against social minorities

GRAF, Sylvie, Pavla LINHARTOVÁ and Sabine SCZESNY

Basic information

Original name

The effects of news report valence and linguistic labels on prejudice against social minorities

Authors

GRAF, Sylvie (203 Czech Republic, guarantor), Pavla LINHARTOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and Sabine SCZESNY (756 Switzerland)

Edition

MEDIA PSYCHOLOGY, ABINGDON, ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD, 2020, 1521-3269

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

50101 Psychology

Country of publisher

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

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Impact factor

Impact factor: 3.824

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14110/20:00115052

Organization unit

Faculty of Medicine

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15213269.2019.1584571

UT WoS

000466018900001

Keywords in English

social minorities; prejudice

Abstract

V originále

Combating prejudice against social minorities is a challenging task in current multicultural societies. Mass media can decisively shape prejudice, because it often represents the main source of information about social minorities. In 3 studies in the Czech Republic (N = 445) and Switzerland (N = 362; N = 220), we investigated how prejudice against negatively and positively perceived minorities (the Roma in Study 1, Kosovo Albanians in Study 2, Italians in Study 3) is influenced by a single exposure to a print news report, by manipulating the valence of reports about minority members (positive vs. negative vs. mixed) and linguistic forms for minorities' ethnicity (nouns vs. adjectives). Positive and negative reports shaped prejudice in the respective directions; the effect of mixed reports mostly did not differ from positive reports. Labeling ethnicity with nouns (e.g., a male Roma) resulted in more prejudice than adjectives (e.g., a Roma man), independent of report valence. Report valence influenced the affective part of prejudice (i.e., feelings toward a minority), whereas language consistently shaped the behavioral part of prejudice (i.e., preferred social distance from a minority).

Citovat

GRAF, Sylvie, Pavla LINHARTOVÁ and Sabine SCZESNY. The effects of news report valence and linguistic labels on prejudice against social minorities. MEDIA PSYCHOLOGY. ABINGDON: ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD, 2020, vol. 23, No 2, p. 215-243. ISSN 1521-3269. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15213269.2019.1584571.

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GRAF, Sylvie, Pavla LINHARTOVÁ and Sabine SCZESNY. The effects of news report valence and linguistic labels on prejudice against social minorities. \textit{MEDIA PSYCHOLOGY}. ABINGDON: ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR \&{} FRANCIS LTD, 2020, vol.~23, No~2, p.~215-243. ISSN~1521-3269. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15213269.2019.1584571.

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