How terrorism news reports increase prejudice against outgroups: a terror management account

Das, Enny; Bushman, Brad J.; Bezemer, Marieke D.; Kerkhof, Peter; Vermeulen, Ivar E.

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dc.contributor.author	Das, Enny	de
dc.contributor.author	Bushman, Brad J.	de
dc.contributor.author	Bezemer, Marieke D.	de
dc.contributor.author	Kerkhof, Peter	de
dc.contributor.author	Vermeulen, Ivar E.	de
dc.date.accessioned	2012-04-14T02:56:00Z	de
dc.date.accessioned	2012-08-29T23:02:28Z
dc.date.available	2012-08-29T23:02:28Z
dc.date.issued	2009	de
dc.identifier.uri	http://www.ssoar.info/ssoar/handle/document/29206
dc.description.abstract	Three studies tested predictions derived from terror management theory (TMT) about the effects of terrorism news on prejudice. Exposure to terrorism news should confront receivers with thoughts about their own death, which, in turn, should increase prejudice toward outgroup members. Non-Muslim (Studies 1-3) and Muslim (Study 3) participants were exposed to news about either Islamic terrorist acts or to control news. When Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh was murdered in Amsterdam by an Islamic extremist during data-collection of Study 1, this event was included as a naturally occurring factor in the design. Consistent with TMT, terrorism news and Van Gogh’s murder increased death-related thoughts. Death-related thoughts, in turn, increased prejudiced attitudes toward out-group members, especially when participants had low self-esteem, and when terrorism was psychologically close. Terrorism news may inadvertently increase prejudiced attitudes towards outgroups when it reminds viewers of their own mortality.	en
dc.language	en	de
dc.subject.ddc	Psychology	en
dc.subject.ddc	Psychologie	de
dc.subject.other	terrorism; terror management; death-related thoughts; prejudice; outgroup
dc.title	How terrorism news reports increase prejudice against outgroups: a terror management account	en
dc.description.review	begutachtet (peer reviewed)	de
dc.description.review	peer reviewed	en
dc.source.journal	Journal of Experimental Social Psychology	de
dc.source.volume	45	de
dc.source.issue	3	de
dc.subject.classoz	Social Psychology	en
dc.subject.classoz	Sozialpsychologie	de
dc.subject.thesoz	Muslim	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Muslim	de
dc.identifier.urn	urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-292061	de
dc.date.modified	2012-04-16T10:23:00Z	de
dc.rights.licence	PEER Licence Agreement (applicable only to documents from PEER project)	de
dc.rights.licence	PEER Licence Agreement (applicable only to documents from PEER project)	en
ssoar.gesis.collection	SOLIS;ADIS	de
ssoar.contributor.institution	http://www.peerproject.eu/	de
internal.status	3	de
internal.identifier.thesoz	10048095
dc.type.stock	article	de
dc.type.document	journal article	en
dc.type.document	Zeitschriftenartikel	de
dc.rights.copyright	f	de
dc.source.pageinfo	453-459
internal.identifier.classoz	10706
internal.identifier.journal	199	de
internal.identifier.document	32
internal.identifier.ddc	150
dc.identifier.doi	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2008.12.001	de
dc.description.pubstatus	Postprint	en
dc.description.pubstatus	Postprint	de
internal.identifier.licence	7
internal.identifier.pubstatus	2
internal.identifier.review	1
internal.check.abstractlanguageharmonizer	CERTAIN
internal.check.languageharmonizer	CERTAIN_RETAINED

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