The Role of Social Media in Creating Intercultural Dialogue and Overcoming Prejudice – a Comparative Analysis of Pilot Survey Results

Multiculturalism, as a political and social phenomenon, is more and more often perceived as a challenge in the realm of studying communication processes. New media make it possible to communicate and build relations in the global dimension with a simultaneous impact on the development of horizontal...

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Main Author: Grażyna Piechota
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hungarian Communication Studies Association 2014-12-01
Series:KOME: An International Journal of Pure Communication Inquiry
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Online Access:http://komejournal.com/files/Piechota%20KOME.pdf
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description Multiculturalism, as a political and social phenomenon, is more and more often perceived as a challenge in the realm of studying communication processes. New media make it possible to communicate and build relations in the global dimension with a simultaneous impact on the development of horizontal communication, creating groups and communities and active support for different forms of social participation. In this context a pilot study concerning the role of new media in overcoming schemata and prejudice of students in two different cities with different levels of multiculturalism in the local community was carried out.
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spelling doaj.art-0d08915fb180476f8e895dce07ba9e0e2022-12-22T03:11:28ZengHungarian Communication Studies AssociationKOME: An International Journal of Pure Communication Inquiry2063-73302014-12-01223763The Role of Social Media in Creating Intercultural Dialogue and Overcoming Prejudice – a Comparative Analysis of Pilot Survey ResultsGrażyna Piechota0Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski Krakow University, Faculty of Management and Social CommunicationMulticulturalism, as a political and social phenomenon, is more and more often perceived as a challenge in the realm of studying communication processes. New media make it possible to communicate and build relations in the global dimension with a simultaneous impact on the development of horizontal communication, creating groups and communities and active support for different forms of social participation. In this context a pilot study concerning the role of new media in overcoming schemata and prejudice of students in two different cities with different levels of multiculturalism in the local community was carried out.http://komejournal.com/files/Piechota%20KOME.pdfmulticulturalismsocial mediastereotypesprejudicehate speechcultural differencesintercultural communicationcomparative research
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The Role of Social Media in Creating Intercultural Dialogue and Overcoming Prejudice – a Comparative Analysis of Pilot Survey Results
KOME: An International Journal of Pure Communication Inquiry
multiculturalism
social media
stereotypes
prejudice
hate speech
cultural differences
intercultural communication
comparative research
title The Role of Social Media in Creating Intercultural Dialogue and Overcoming Prejudice – a Comparative Analysis of Pilot Survey Results
title_full The Role of Social Media in Creating Intercultural Dialogue and Overcoming Prejudice – a Comparative Analysis of Pilot Survey Results
title_fullStr The Role of Social Media in Creating Intercultural Dialogue and Overcoming Prejudice – a Comparative Analysis of Pilot Survey Results
title_full_unstemmed The Role of Social Media in Creating Intercultural Dialogue and Overcoming Prejudice – a Comparative Analysis of Pilot Survey Results
title_short The Role of Social Media in Creating Intercultural Dialogue and Overcoming Prejudice – a Comparative Analysis of Pilot Survey Results
title_sort role of social media in creating intercultural dialogue and overcoming prejudice a comparative analysis of pilot survey results
topic multiculturalism
social media
stereotypes
prejudice
hate speech
cultural differences
intercultural communication
comparative research
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