Ethnicities and Conflict

A Survey Experiment on the Effect of Narrative Framing on Perceptions in Jos, Nigeria

Datos Bibliográficos

ID12891703
AutoresLaura Thaut Vinson (0000-0002-8276-9248, Lewis & Clark College, autor de correspondencia), Peter Rudloff (0000-0002-5687-7069, Oklahoma State University)
Año2021
Volumen21
Número1
Páginas80-101
Fecha de publicación2021-01-18
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaEthnopolitics (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1744-9057 • E-ISSN: 1744-9065
EditorialTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/17449057.2020.1863019
OpenAlexW3123751347
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas2
Referencias citadas66

Where ethnic violence divides groups by both religious and tribal affiliation, how does the ‘ethnic’ characterization of conflict affect perceptions of the crises? From a survey experiment in Jos, Nigeria, we find that priming respondents with religious versus tribal conflict frames leads respondents to differently interpret the causes of violence, with religious issues viewed as the most salient cause of violence and religion the most important solution. The findings emphasize that where more than one ethnic identity is salient to conflict, the causes of violence take on different meaning depending on how individuals interpret the ethnic dimension of local violence

Affect (linguistics · Criminology · Ethnic conflict · Ethnic group · Ethnic violence · Framing (construction · Geography · Narrative · Perception · Political science · Salient · Sociology · Anthropology · Gender Studies · Gender, Security, and Conflict · Law · Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East · Psychology · Social Psychology · Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence