他们都有武器，而且很危险!犯罪新闻中有偏见的语言使用与内群体和外群体犯罪者

IF 1.7 4区心理学 Q2 COMMUNICATION

Journal of Media Psychology-Theories Methods and Applications Pub Date : 2019-01-01 DOI:10.1027/1864-1105/a000216

J. Vaes, Marcella Latrofa, Caterina Suitner, L. Arcuri

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摘要

本研究旨在验证犯罪新闻报道中语言偏见的存在(研究1)及其在激活对少数种族/民族的犯罪刻板印象中的作用(研究2)。在第一项内容分析研究中，研究人员分析了意大利新闻文章中一系列语言偏见的自然发生，这些新闻文章描述了由群体内或群体外侵略者犯下的类似罪行。结果表明，当犯罪由外群体成员实施时(与内群体成员相比)，加重形容词使用较多，减轻形容词使用较少。此外，行为人的国籍不仅被更频繁地提及，而且在大多数情况下作为名词出现。在研究2中，参与者阅读了一篇虚构的新闻文章，文章用中立或有偏见的语言描述了群体内或群体外的犯罪行为。他们的内、外群体成员和武器(相对于工具)之间的内隐联系随后在武器范式中被立即测量。结果证实，有偏见(相对于中性)的语言使用通常只在上演外群体犯罪时才会增加参与者与外群体的犯罪相关联系。讨论了媒体描述在决定种族/少数民族认知表征中的作用。

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They Are All Armed and Dangerous!: Biased Language Use in Crime News With Ingroup and Outgroup Perpetrators

The present research aims to verify the presence of linguistic biases in crime news reports (Study 1) and their role (Study 2) in activating a crime stereotype toward racial/ethnic minorities. In a first content analysis study, the natural occurrence of a set of linguistic biases was analyzed in Italian news articles that described comparable crimes committed by an in- or an outgroup aggressor. Results indicated that when the crime was committed by an outgroup (vs. ingroup) member, more aggravating and less attenuating adjectives were used. Moreover, the nationality of the perpetrator was not only mentioned more frequently, it also appeared in most cases as a noun. In Study 2, participants read a fictitious news article that either described an in- or outgroup criminal act with neutral or biased language. Their implicit associations between in- and outgroup members and weapons (vs. tools) were measured immediately afterward in the weapon paradigm. Results confirmed that a biased (vs. neutral) language use increased participants’ crime-related associations with the outgroup in general only when an outgroup criminal was staged. The role of media portrayals in determining the cognitive representations of racial/ethnic minorities is discussed.

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Journal of Media Psychology-Theories Methods and Applications Multiple-

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3.20

自引率

11.80%

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期刊介绍： Journal of Media Psychology (JMP) is committed to publishing original, high-quality papers which cover the broad range of media psychological research. This peer-reviewed journal focuses on how human beings select, use, and experience various media as well as how media (use) can affect their cognitions, emotions, and behaviors. Submissions must substantially advance the current state-of the art on a theoretical and/or an empirical level. To name just a few typical fields and domains of inquiry, the Journal of Media Psychology considers manuscripts dealing with research on entertainment, computer-mediated communication (including social media), human-computer interaction, e-learning, computer and video games, virtual environments, or advertising. The journal is also open to research from neighboring disciplines as far as this work ties in with psychological concepts of the uses and effects of the media. Submissions of comparative work, e.g., crossmedia, cross-gender, or cross-cultural, are encouraged. Moreover, submissions including alternative analysis procedures such as the Bayesian approach are welcome. Starting in 2015, the pre-registration of research plans will also be possible. To ensure short turn-around cycles for manuscript review and fast publication, the Journal of Media Psychology relies heavily upon electronic communication and information exchange, starting from electronic submission and continuing throughout the entire review and production process.