Representations of refugees: linguistic abstractness and social perceptions
The paper examines the relationship among stereotype content, essentialism, and preferred language abstraction in refugee media representations. In two studies, participants were asked to choose captions of differential degree of language abstraction (according to the linguistic category model, fro...
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| author | Ελένη Λυπουρλή Αντώνης Γαρδικιώτης |
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The paper examines the relationship among stereotype content, essentialism, and preferred language abstraction in refugee media representations. In two studies, participants were asked to choose captions of differential degree of language abstraction (according to the linguistic category model, from descriptive action verbs to adjectives) thought appropriate for an image of refugees, after they first completed a survey on stereotype content (perceived competence and warmth) and essentialist beliefs (Study 2 only) about refugees. In both studies, perceived competence predicted increased language abstraction. In Study 2, competence was also found to mediate the effects of essentialism on language abstraction. These results underline the importance of stereotype content to biased language preference.
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| spelling | doaj.art-c0e2f7c03e6845ff8e4081a32f32fe702024-01-02T08:48:49ZellNational Documentation CenterΨυχολογία: το Περιοδικό της Ελληνικής Ψυχολογικής Εταιρείας1106-57372732-66402023-12-0128210.12681/psy_hps.31922Representations of refugees: linguistic abstractness and social perceptionsΕλένη Λυπουρλή0Αντώνης Γαρδικιώτης1Democritus University of ThraceAristotle University of Thessaloniki The paper examines the relationship among stereotype content, essentialism, and preferred language abstraction in refugee media representations. In two studies, participants were asked to choose captions of differential degree of language abstraction (according to the linguistic category model, from descriptive action verbs to adjectives) thought appropriate for an image of refugees, after they first completed a survey on stereotype content (perceived competence and warmth) and essentialist beliefs (Study 2 only) about refugees. In both studies, perceived competence predicted increased language abstraction. In Study 2, competence was also found to mediate the effects of essentialism on language abstraction. These results underline the importance of stereotype content to biased language preference. https://ejournals.epublishing.ekt.gr/index.php/psychology/article/view/31922language abstractionlinguistic category modelmedia representationsrefugeesessentialist beliefsstereotypes |
| spellingShingle | Ελένη Λυπουρλή Αντώνης Γαρδικιώτης Representations of refugees: linguistic abstractness and social perceptions Ψυχολογία: το Περιοδικό της Ελληνικής Ψυχολογικής Εταιρείας language abstraction linguistic category model media representations refugees essentialist beliefs stereotypes |
| title | Representations of refugees: linguistic abstractness and social perceptions |
| title_full | Representations of refugees: linguistic abstractness and social perceptions |
| title_fullStr | Representations of refugees: linguistic abstractness and social perceptions |
| title_full_unstemmed | Representations of refugees: linguistic abstractness and social perceptions |
| title_short | Representations of refugees: linguistic abstractness and social perceptions |
| title_sort | representations of refugees linguistic abstractness and social perceptions |
| topic | language abstraction linguistic category model media representations refugees essentialist beliefs stereotypes |
| url | https://ejournals.epublishing.ekt.gr/index.php/psychology/article/view/31922 |
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