Stereotyping of Muslims in Germany: How the Presumed Influence of Media Stereotypes on Others Influences Attitudes and Behavioral Intentions Toward Muslims. (June 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Sommer, Katharina; Kühne, Rinaldo
• Is Part Of: Journalism & mass communication quarterly. Volume 98:Number 2(2021)
• Page Start: 478
• Page End: 503
• Publication Date: 2021-06
• Subjects: bias correction -- influence of presumed media influence -- media stereotypes -- Third-Person Effect; Journalism -- Periodicals; Mass media -- Periodicals; Communication -- Periodicals; Journalism -- United States -- Periodicals; Journalism -- Bibliography -- Periodicals; 070
• DOI: 10.1177/1077699020923602
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1077-6990

Abstract

The study investigates the influence of media stereotypes on the degree of presumed media influence on others and the resulting effects for people's own attitudes toward a minority. We examine how the presumption of negative effects of media stereotypes on others can lead to a correction of one's own attitude toward Muslims. In an online experiment, we test the relationship among media stereotyping, presumed media effects, and attitudinal and behavioral consequences. The results show that one's own attitude toward Muslims is corrected when people presume a negative influence of media stereotypes about Muslims on other people.