Meeting of minds: narratives as a tool to reduce prejudice toward stigmatized group members

• Main Authors: Kim, Nuri, Lim, Cui Min
• Other Authors: Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Social sciences::Communication; Mass Media Contact; Social Presence
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/162660
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This study investigates a mechanism of mediated intergroup contact effects that occurs through experiencing social presence of a stigmatized outgroup character. Conceiving narrative texts as a context for mediated intergroup contact, we experimentally test (N = 505) the effects of narrative perspect...