Communicating Stereotype-Relevant Information: Is Factual Information Subject to the Same Communication Biases as Fictional Information?  

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Goodman, Ruth L. ; Webb, Thomas L. ; Stewart, Andrew J.

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin (http://journals.sagepub.com/home/pspc) vol. 35 no. 7 (Jul. 2009), page 836-852.
Topik: Stereotypes; Communication; Newpaper Articles; Linguistic Expectancy Bias; Linguistic Abstraction
Fulltext: PSPB_35_07_836.pdf (743.33KB)

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Factual information is more frequently read and discussed than fictional information. However, research on the role of communication in shaping stereotypes has focused almost exclusively on fictional narratives. In Experiments 1 and 2 a newpaper article containing information about heroin users was communicated along chains of 4 people. No stereotype-consistency bias was observed. Instead, a greater proportion of stereotype-inconsistent information was communicated than was stereotype-consistent or -neutral information. Three further experiments investigated explanations for the difference between the communication of fictional and factual information. Experiment 3 ruled out the possibility that participants' beliefs aobut the validity of the information could influence the way that it is communicated. Experiments 4 and 5 divided information into concrete (a specific event or fact) or abstract (opinion). A stereotype-consistency bias emerged only for abstract information. In summary, lingusitic abstraction moderates whether stereotype-consistency biases emerge in the communication of stereotype-relevant factual information.

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