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Improving Intergroup Relations Through Online Contact
International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2021 This study examined an online professional development program designed to support meaningful acquaintance and reduce stereotypes and prejudices among teachers from different cultures in Israeli society.
Meital Amzalag, Noa Shapira
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Psychology of Language and Communication, 2023 The current study examined social networking sites, specifically Twitter and Facebook, as spaces for intergroup communication and contact between members of two national groups, Germans and Greeks, during the turbulent times of the Greek economic crisis.
Kioumi Eleni, Gardikiotis Antonis
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Narratives in Conflict and Practices of Face-to-Face and Online Intergroup Communication [PDF]
Behavioral SciencesIntergroup communication (IC) serves as a critical arena in which narratives, worldviews, and group behaviors are expressed, confronted, and translated into concrete communicative practices.
Yiftach Ron
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An Internet-Delivered Intervention to Reduce LGBTQ+ Prejudice Among Romanian Teachers: Randomized Controlled Trial [PDF]
JMIR Human FactorsBackgroundDiscrimination can greatly impact both physical and mental health due to frequent stressors. Younger individuals, particularly those under the age of 17 years, are more adversely affected by victimization.
Nastasia Sălăgean +4 more
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Does Intercultural Contact Increase Anti-Racist Behavior on Social Network Sites?
Social Sciences, 2021 Empirical attention on online intercultural contact and prejudice reduction are increasing. Nevertheless, still little is known on processes that could influence the contact–prejudice relation as well as the relation between online contact and anti ...
Chiara Imperato +2 more
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Behavioral Sciences, 2023 International students studying and living in a foreign context often complain about difficulties establishing friendships with host nationals. This study investigates host country nationals’ (HCNs) willingness to develop intercultural friendships with ...
Lingjie Tang, Chang’an Zhang
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Societies, 2021 The effects of intergroup dialogues on intercultural relations in digital societies and the growing conflict, inflammatory and hate speech phenomena characterizing these environments are receiving increasing attention in socio-psychological studies ...
Chiara Imperato, Tiziana Mancini
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International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 2021 Abstract Since Allport’s optimal conditions for reducing prejudice by interpersonal contact were defined, numerous empirical studies have confirmed the efficacy of intergroup contact in reducing prejudice towards outgroups. Given that the Internet is changing the way people communicate and interact daily, it is very possible that the Web plays an ...
Imperato C. +4 more
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Intergroup contact through online comments: Effects of direct and extended contact on outgroup attitudes [PDF]
Computers in Human Behavior, 2018 Abstract This study contributes to the still limited evidence on the effects of online intergroup contact. We conceptualize online contact as occurring through users’ comments online, an easy and accessible venue for intergroup encounters. We test two forms of online contact: encountering an outgroup member directly (direct online contact) or through
Kim, Nuri, Wojcieszak, Magdalena
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Social Sciences, 2023 Digital discrimination against sexual minorities is becoming prevalent. It increasingly spreads through discriminatory content that mixes text and images (e.g., memes), thus, making online discrimination more difficult to detect. The present survey study
Chiara Imperato +2 more
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