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Media and the contact hypothesis. An experimental study on the impact of parasocial contact.

Author(s) / Creator(s)

Junger, Lisa T.
Witte, Erich H.

Abstract / Description

Does parasocial contact impact on inter-group bias? Widening the scope of Contact Theory, this study aims at experimentally examine the impact of parasocial out-group presentation on decisions in a two-person prisoner's dilemma game and social cognitive constructions of the social event. Within a minimal group experiment, 80 university students were randomly assigned to anonymous or video-wise personalization conditions. Participants rather took personal advantage of expected contributions to a commonly shared dilemma situation in anonymous settings than if a member of the out-group was personalized (p < .05). As perceptions of group boundaries, out-group homogeneity, and similarity did not systematically differ across the conditions, implications are discussed.

Keyword(s)

Soziale Wahrnehmung Gruppenzusammenhalt Telekommunikationsdienst Anonymität Personalisierung Soziale Wahrnehmung Gefangenendilemma Soziale Wahrnehmung Gruppenzugehörigkeit Telekommunikationsmedien Anonymität Personalisierung Soziale Kognition Prisoners Dilemma Game Inter-group discrimination solidarity contact hypothesis social cognition media

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Date of first publication

2008

Is part of series

Hamburger Forschungsberichte zur Sozialpsychologie;83

Citation

  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Junger, Lisa T.
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Witte, Erich H.
  • PsychArchives acquisition timestamp
    2022-11-17T11:08:28Z
  • Made available on
    2008-12-01
  • Made available on
    2015-12-01T10:30:39Z
  • Made available on
    2022-11-17T11:08:28Z
  • Date of first publication
    2008
  • Abstract / Description
    Does parasocial contact impact on inter-group bias? Widening the scope of Contact Theory, this study aims at experimentally examine the impact of parasocial out-group presentation on decisions in a two-person prisoner's dilemma game and social cognitive constructions of the social event. Within a minimal group experiment, 80 university students were randomly assigned to anonymous or video-wise personalization conditions. Participants rather took personal advantage of expected contributions to a commonly shared dilemma situation in anonymous settings than if a member of the out-group was personalized (p < .05). As perceptions of group boundaries, out-group homogeneity, and similarity did not systematically differ across the conditions, implications are discussed.
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  • Persistent Identifier
    https://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bsz:291-psydok-23464
  • Persistent Identifier
    https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11780/528
  • Persistent Identifier
    https://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.9174
  • Language of content
    eng
  • Is part of series
    Hamburger Forschungsberichte zur Sozialpsychologie;83
  • Keyword(s)
    Soziale Wahrnehmung
    de
  • Keyword(s)
    Gruppenzusammenhalt
    de
  • Keyword(s)
    Telekommunikationsdienst
    de
  • Keyword(s)
    Anonymität
    de
  • Keyword(s)
    Personalisierung
    de
  • Keyword(s)
    Soziale Wahrnehmung
    de
  • Keyword(s)
    Gefangenendilemma
    de
  • Keyword(s)
    Soziale Wahrnehmung
    de
  • Keyword(s)
    Gruppenzugehörigkeit
    de
  • Keyword(s)
    Telekommunikationsmedien
    de
  • Keyword(s)
    Anonymität
    de
  • Keyword(s)
    Personalisierung
    de
  • Keyword(s)
    Soziale Kognition
    de
  • Keyword(s)
    Prisoners Dilemma Game
    de
  • Keyword(s)
    Inter-group discrimination
    en
  • Keyword(s)
    solidarity
    en
  • Keyword(s)
    contact hypothesis
    en
  • Keyword(s)
    social cognition
    en
  • Keyword(s)
    media
    en
  • Dewey Decimal Classification number(s)
    150
  • Title
    Media and the contact hypothesis. An experimental study on the impact of parasocial contact.
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  • DRO type
    report
  • Visible tag(s)
    PsyDok