News exposure predicts anti-Muslim prejudice.

News coverage of Islamic extremism is reigniting debates about the media's role in promoting prejudice toward Muslims. Psychological theories of media-induced prejudice date to the 1950's, and find support from controlled experiments. However, national-scale studies of media effects on Mus...

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Main Authors: John H Shaver, Chris G Sibley, Danny Osborne, Joseph Bulbulia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5375159?pdf=render