Terrorism news increases prejudice only when it is psychologically close.

Evidence

Also contrary to expectations, terrorism news did not affect prejudice against Arabs. Although Van Gogh’s murder was highly publicized and occurred close by, whereas the terrorism acts shown in the news clips occurred in other countries (i.e., USA, Israel, Russia). These findings suggest that terrorism news is most likely to increase prejudiced attitudes when the news is (psychologically of physically) close. — Enny Das, Brad J. Bushman, Marieke D. Bezemer, Peter Kerkhof, Ivar E. Vermeulen, How Terrorism News Reports Increase…, 231

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the psychological-distance literature in construal level theory and to the effect of media framing—worth contrasting with global-village claims about distant news shaping attitudes.