The role of inter-ethnic online friendships in prejudice reduction in post-conflict societies: Evidence from Serbia, Croatia and Cyprus
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2017
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Direct contact between members of ethnic groups is proven to reduce intergroup prejudice. Recent research, however, explores the effects of alternative types of contact, amongst them via social networks in virtual space. This is especially important for e.g. post-conflict societies in which there is limited opportunity for direct contact between the groups. Drawing from a sample of 374 ethnic majority students from three such societies Serbia, Croatia, and Cyprus, we tested if the number of online inter ethnic friends predicted more positive out-group attitudes over and above the effect of face-to-face contacts. This relationship testified to the added value of online ties. We also tested if intergroup anxiety and perceived ethnic threat would mediate the relationship between online friendships and out-group attitudes. Results from the combined sample showed clear mediation effects. This suggested that the mechanisms through which online contact reduces prejudice are comparable to the ...mechanisms detected for face-to-face contact. Yet the mediation was not convincingly replicated at the country level. Further research could make use of this simple measure of alternative contact, as well as test a different set of mediators to identify mechanisms that are possibly unique to online contacts.
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Post-conflict societies / Perceived ethnic threat / Out-group attitudes / Online friendships / Intergroup anxietyИзвор:
Computers in Human Behavior, 2017, 76, 386-395Издавач:
- Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, Oxford
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2017.07.041
ISSN: 0747-5632
WoS: 000412251400041
Scopus: 2-s2.0-85026739546
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Psihologija / PsychologyTY - JOUR AU - Žeželj, Iris AU - Ioannou, Maria AU - Franc, Renata AU - Psaltis, Charis AU - Martinović, Borja PY - 2017 UR - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/2476 AB - Direct contact between members of ethnic groups is proven to reduce intergroup prejudice. Recent research, however, explores the effects of alternative types of contact, amongst them via social networks in virtual space. This is especially important for e.g. post-conflict societies in which there is limited opportunity for direct contact between the groups. Drawing from a sample of 374 ethnic majority students from three such societies Serbia, Croatia, and Cyprus, we tested if the number of online inter ethnic friends predicted more positive out-group attitudes over and above the effect of face-to-face contacts. This relationship testified to the added value of online ties. We also tested if intergroup anxiety and perceived ethnic threat would mediate the relationship between online friendships and out-group attitudes. Results from the combined sample showed clear mediation effects. This suggested that the mechanisms through which online contact reduces prejudice are comparable to the mechanisms detected for face-to-face contact. Yet the mediation was not convincingly replicated at the country level. Further research could make use of this simple measure of alternative contact, as well as test a different set of mediators to identify mechanisms that are possibly unique to online contacts. PB - Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, Oxford T2 - Computers in Human Behavior T1 - The role of inter-ethnic online friendships in prejudice reduction in post-conflict societies: Evidence from Serbia, Croatia and Cyprus EP - 395 SP - 386 VL - 76 DO - 10.1016/j.chb.2017.07.041 ER -
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Žeželj, I., Ioannou, M., Franc, R., Psaltis, C.,& Martinović, B.. (2017). The role of inter-ethnic online friendships in prejudice reduction in post-conflict societies: Evidence from Serbia, Croatia and Cyprus. in Computers in Human Behavior Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, Oxford., 76, 386-395. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2017.07.041
Žeželj I, Ioannou M, Franc R, Psaltis C, Martinović B. The role of inter-ethnic online friendships in prejudice reduction in post-conflict societies: Evidence from Serbia, Croatia and Cyprus. in Computers in Human Behavior. 2017;76:386-395. doi:10.1016/j.chb.2017.07.041 .
Žeželj, Iris, Ioannou, Maria, Franc, Renata, Psaltis, Charis, Martinović, Borja, "The role of inter-ethnic online friendships in prejudice reduction in post-conflict societies: Evidence from Serbia, Croatia and Cyprus" in Computers in Human Behavior, 76 (2017):386-395, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2017.07.041 . .