What is it about?
In this paper we investigate how perceived global economic threats can influence observers' perception of minority groups within their local society. More specifically, we looked at whether different framings of the economic crisis (focusing on more personal versus more contextual attributes), have different outcomes for how minority groups in the Netherlands are perceived.
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Why is it important?
Individuals are often confronted with international threats through media coverage. These threats could have a strong impact on international (e.g., with other nations) and local (e.g., local cultural minorities) intergroup relations.
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I hope this paper increases awareness of the negative impact media messages can have on stereotypes about local groups; thereby, advocating more neutral messaging on global affairs.
Dr Thijs Bouman
Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
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This page is a summary of: When threats foreign turn domestic: Two ways for distant realistic intergroup threats to carry over into local intolerance, British Journal of Social Psychology, December 2014, Wiley,
DOI: 10.1111/bjso.12098.
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