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- Title
The Influence of Exposure to Depictions of Race and Crime in TV News on Viewer's Social Judgments.
- Authors
Mastro, Dana; Lapinski, MariaKnight; Kopacz, MariaA.; Behm-Morawitz, Elizabeth
- Abstract
This two-study experimental design utilizes a group-based priming framework to investigate the relationship between exposure to television news portrayals that intersect race with violent crime and viewers' real-world racial judgments. Results from Study 1 reveal that both the gender of the viewer and the race of the TV news suspect influence subsequent judgments, including attributions about the perpetrator and victim. Findings from Study 2 offer somewhat consistent results, additionally indicating that the race of the depicted suspect has a significant effect on attitudes toward Blacks in greater society, beyond the mediated context.
- Subjects
CRIME &; race; RACE relations; TELEVISION viewers; TELEVISION broadcasting of news; MASS media influence; MASS media research; MASS media &; society
- Publication
Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media, 2009, Vol 53, Issue 4, p615
- ISSN
0883-8151
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1080/08838150903310534