Abstract
Differentiation between terrorists and Muslims can mitigate the negative effects of terrorism news. In this study, participants were shown Islamist terrorism news in a quota-based 2 (news: differentiated vs. undifferentiated) × 2 (perpetrator characteristics: insider vs. outsider, that is, a threat from within vs. an alien threat) experiment (N = 444). Exposure to differentiated news increased attitudinal differentiation of Muslims from terrorists, which in turn decreased negative stereotypes but not negative implicit attitudes. There were no differences in effects of exposure to coverage of insider versus outsider terrorists on either stereotypes or implicit attitudes. Stereotypes were strongest when news was differentiated and depicted outsider terrorists.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 158-189 |
| Number of pages | 32 |
| Journal | Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly |
| Volume | 102 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| Early online date | 21 Sept 2024 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Mar 2025 |
Austrian Fields of Science 2012
- 508007 Communication science
Keywords
- implicit attitudes
- insider and outsider terrorists
- news differentiation
- stereotypes
- terrorism news
