Countering Misperceptions to Reduce Prejudice
An Experiment on Attitudes toward Muslim Americans
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13015738 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sean Williamson (0000-0003-0769-6197, Stanford University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 167-178 |
| Publication date | 2019-09-02 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Experimental Political Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2052-2630 • E-ISSN: 2052-2649 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/xps.2019.22 |
| OpenAlex | W2972130453 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 20 |
| References cited | 33 |
Muslim Americans constitute one of the United States’ most vulnerable minority groups, facing frequent discrimination from both the public and the government. Despite this vulnerability, few studies evaluate interventions for reducing prejudice against Muslim Americans. Building from an insightful literature on the sources of prejudice against Muslim Americans, this paper tests whether attitudes can be improved with information countering misperceptions of the community as particularly foreign, threatening, and disloyal to the United States. The experimental treatment modestly improved attitudes, including among some subgroups predisposed to prejudice against Muslim Americans. However, the treatment struggled to change policy views, and it demonstrated some vulnerability to social desirability bias and priming on terrorism threats. The findings suggest that information campaigns addressing misperceptions can help to reduce prejudice on the margins, but primarily in less politicized contexts
Ethnic group · Government (linguistics · Political science · Prejudice (legal term · Priming (agriculture · Psychological intervention · Terrorism · Vulnerability (computing · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Law · Psychology · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Media and Politics · Social Psychology
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| Citations per year | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2021 - 2026 (6) |
| Highly cited | No |