Journal
HUMAN COMMUNICATION RESEARCH
Volume 46, Issue 2-3, Pages 120-160Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1093/hcr/hqaa004
Keywords
Mediated Contact; Parasocial; Vicarious; Prejudice; Intergroup Anxiety; Empathy
Categories
Ask authors/readers for more resources
This paper presents a meta-analysis of 79 cases (N = 21,857) testing the effectiveness of mediated intergroup contact on prejudice. Positive mediated contact decreased (r = -.23; 95% CI, -.29 to -.17), whereas negative mediated contact increased prejudicial attitudes (r = .31; 95% CI, .24 to .38) and intergroup anxiety and empathy were both significant mediators of these relationships. Furthermore, the data revealed no significant differences between parasocial and vicarious effects, positive and negative mediated-contact effects, or the effects of the duration of mediated-contact stimulus exposure on prejudice. However, the data did reveal experiments to have stronger effects than survey research. These and other results are discussed along with implications, limitations, and future research directions.
Authors
I am an author on this paper
Click your name to claim this paper and add it to your profile.
Reviews
Recommended
No Data Available