Computer-mediated communication and the reduction of prejudice: A controlled longitudinal field experiment among Jews and Arabs in Israel
The promise of computer-mediated communication (CMC) to reduce intergroup prejudice has generated mixed results. Theories of CMC yield alternative and mutually exclusive explanations about mechanisms by which CMC fosters relationships online with potential to ameliorate prejudice. This research test...
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| author | Walther, Joseph Bart Hoter, Elaine Ganayem, Asmaa Shonfeld, Miri |
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| description | The promise of computer-mediated communication (CMC) to reduce intergroup prejudice has generated mixed results. Theories of CMC yield alternative and mutually exclusive explanations about mechanisms by which CMC fosters relationships online with potential to ameliorate prejudice. This research tests contact-hypothesis predictions and two CMC theories on multicultural, virtual groups who communicated during a yearlong online course focusing on educational technology. Groups included students from the three major Israeli education sectors—religious Jews, secular Jews, and Muslims—who completed pretest and posttest prejudice measures. Two sets of control subjects who did not participate in virtual groups provided comparative data. An interaction of the virtual groups experience × religious/cultural membership affected prejudice toward different religious/cultural target groups, by reducing prejudice toward the respective outgroups for whom the greatest initial enmity existed. Comparisons of virtual group participants to control subjects further support the influence of the online experience. Correlations between prejudice with group identification and with interpersonal measures differentiate which theoretical processes pertained. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/809002020-03-07T12:15:49Z Computer-mediated communication and the reduction of prejudice: A controlled longitudinal field experiment among Jews and Arabs in Israel Walther, Joseph Bart Hoter, Elaine Ganayem, Asmaa Shonfeld, Miri Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information MOFET Institute Fulbright Distinguished Awards in Teaching Program U.S. Department of State, Public Affairs Section, U.S. Embassy Tel Aviv DRNTU::Social sciences::Communication::Communication theories and models DRNTU::Engineering::Computer science and engineering::Computer applications::Social and behavioral sciences The promise of computer-mediated communication (CMC) to reduce intergroup prejudice has generated mixed results. Theories of CMC yield alternative and mutually exclusive explanations about mechanisms by which CMC fosters relationships online with potential to ameliorate prejudice. This research tests contact-hypothesis predictions and two CMC theories on multicultural, virtual groups who communicated during a yearlong online course focusing on educational technology. Groups included students from the three major Israeli education sectors—religious Jews, secular Jews, and Muslims—who completed pretest and posttest prejudice measures. Two sets of control subjects who did not participate in virtual groups provided comparative data. An interaction of the virtual groups experience × religious/cultural membership affected prejudice toward different religious/cultural target groups, by reducing prejudice toward the respective outgroups for whom the greatest initial enmity existed. Comparisons of virtual group participants to control subjects further support the influence of the online experience. Correlations between prejudice with group identification and with interpersonal measures differentiate which theoretical processes pertained. Published version 2015-12-01T04:50:58Z 2019-12-06T14:16:59Z 2015-12-01T04:50:58Z 2019-12-06T14:16:59Z 2015 Journal Article Walther, J. B., Hoter, E., Ganayem, A., & Shonfeld, M. (2015). Computer-mediated communication and the reduction of prejudice: A controlled longitudinal field experiment among Jews and Arabs in Israel. Computers in Human Behavior, 52, 550-558. 0747-5632 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/80900 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/38877 10.1016/j.chb.2014.08.004 en Computers in Human Behavior © 2014 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-SA license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/). 9 pages application/pdf |
| spellingShingle | DRNTU::Social sciences::Communication::Communication theories and models DRNTU::Engineering::Computer science and engineering::Computer applications::Social and behavioral sciences Walther, Joseph Bart Hoter, Elaine Ganayem, Asmaa Shonfeld, Miri Computer-mediated communication and the reduction of prejudice: A controlled longitudinal field experiment among Jews and Arabs in Israel |
| title | Computer-mediated communication and the reduction of prejudice: A controlled longitudinal field experiment among Jews and Arabs in Israel |
| title_full | Computer-mediated communication and the reduction of prejudice: A controlled longitudinal field experiment among Jews and Arabs in Israel |
| title_fullStr | Computer-mediated communication and the reduction of prejudice: A controlled longitudinal field experiment among Jews and Arabs in Israel |
| title_full_unstemmed | Computer-mediated communication and the reduction of prejudice: A controlled longitudinal field experiment among Jews and Arabs in Israel |
| title_short | Computer-mediated communication and the reduction of prejudice: A controlled longitudinal field experiment among Jews and Arabs in Israel |
| title_sort | computer mediated communication and the reduction of prejudice a controlled longitudinal field experiment among jews and arabs in israel |
| topic | DRNTU::Social sciences::Communication::Communication theories and models DRNTU::Engineering::Computer science and engineering::Computer applications::Social and behavioral sciences |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10356/80900 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/38877 |
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