Xenophobia in the time of a pandemic: social media use, stereotypes, and prejudice against immigrants during the COVID-19 crisis

• Main Authors: Ahmed, Saifuddin, Chen, Vivian Hsueh-Hua, Chib, Arul Indrasen
• Other Authors: Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Social sciences::Communication; Political Trust; Network Heterogeneity
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/160683
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This study examines the relationship between social media use, disease risk perception, social and political trust, and out-group stereotyping and prejudice during a social upheaval. Analyses of primary data collected during the COVID-19 outbreak in Singapore found that disease risk perception is po...