Mere knowledge of a fellow in-group member’s contact with out-groups reduces prejudice.

Evidence

Indirect or extended contact refers to the (mere) knowledge of a fellow in-group member’s contact with out-group members (typically, but not necessarily, the fellow in-group members are ones to whom one is close, e.g., family members or friends; Wright et al., 1997; see Turner et al., 2007, for a review). The effects of extended contact are especially strong for individuals who have no direct contact themselves (see Christ et al., 2010). — Roderick M. Kramer, Geoffrey J. Leonardelli, Robert W. Livingston, Social Cognition, Social Identity, and…, 556

Categorization

• XREF: Complicates the reader’s Allport thread: indirect contact effects imply prejudice reduction can spread through social networks without direct exposure, an extension beyond Allport’s original contact hypothesis framing.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Roderick M. Kramer, Geoffrey J. Leonardelli, Robert W. Livingston, Social Cognition, Social Identity, and…, 556