Media exposure to Muslim-related issues spikes negative attitudes.
Evidence
The media covered a lot of the protests and opposition to building a mosque close to Ground Zero. Any media exposure to Muslim-related issues is associated with a spike in negative attitudes toward Muslim Americans. — Goleen Samari, Islamophobia and Public Health in the…, 20
Categorization
- QUESTION: This is a broad claim — worth hunting the underlying studies and effect sizes.
- SHARE: Would interest anyone studying media effects on prejudice.
- XREF: connects to: News coverage affects attitudes with a peak two-week memory window. — Ilyana Kuziemko and Ebonya Washington, Why Did the Democrats Lose the South?…, 622
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