Muslims Love Jesus, Too? Corrective Information Alters Prejudices Against Islam

Moritz, Steffen; Göritz, Anja S.; Kühn, Simone; Schneider, Brooke C.; Krieger, Eva; Röhlinger, Jana; Zimmerer, Sarah

doi:10.1007/s11089-016-0706-4

Cited by 9 publications

(7 citation statements)

References 22 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…This suggests that a growing number of Dutch people recognize that the Black Pete figure is racially insensi tive and should be changed. Considering that repeated exposure to information can lead to attitude change (Moritz et al, 2017;Zajonc, 1968), perhaps mere repeated exposure to public debates on the racially insensitive Black Pete character in recent years has made some parts of the ethnic Dutch population feel less proud of their Dutch identity, the dominant position of the White Dutch, and subsequently, Black Pete. The public debates have also already affected local policies: some major Dutch cities have made the figure less racially insensitive in their local Sinterklaas festivities by introducing the Chimney Pete figure.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

National identification, social dominance orientation, and attitudes towards Black Pete in the Netherlands: Person- and variable-centered analyses

Veen

Emmen

Mesman

2022

Soc. Psychol. Bull.

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Black Pete, a blackface figure, is a popular but controversial part of the Dutch Sinterklaas festivity. Many ethnically Dutch people do not consider the figure to be a racist phenomenon and prefer not to change the figure, although many Black people in the Netherlands consider the figure to be racist. Prior research and public discourse suggest that national identity and wanting to maintain group dominance may explain why many ethnically Dutch people do not want to change the figure. Using a person-centered approach, we investigated if subgroups could be identified whose positive attitudes towards Black Pete and Sinterklaas clustered with high national identification or social dominance orientation (SDO) among Dutch university students (N = 174). Three subgroups were identified. The high national identification group scored high on positive attitudes towards Sinterklaas, Black Pete, and national identity but low on SDO. The high SDO group scored high on positive attitudes towards Sinterklaas, Black Pete, and SDO but low on national identity. The neutral-indifferent group scored low on these variables. Additionally, using a variable-centered approach, we investigated if higher national identification and SDO would be associated with stronger positive towards Sinterklaas and Black Pete. Higher national identification, but not SDO, was associated with stronger positive attitudes towards Sinterklaas. However, national identification and SDO were both associated with stronger positive attitudes towards Black Pete. These findings suggest that many people who prefer not to change Black Pete also have identity concerns or a preference for cultural dominance.

show abstract

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

National identification, social dominance orientation, and attitudes towards Black Pete in the Netherlands: Person- and variable-centered analyses

Veen

Emmen

Mesman

2022

Soc. Psychol. Bull.

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…Another strong determinant of prejudice is a lack of factual knowledge about Islam and Muslims (Moritz et al 2017). MCA is often interchangeably termed Arabs (Dunn et al 2007), whereas Muslims in Australia are among the most ethnically and linguistically diverse groups in Australia (Hassan 2018).…”

Section: Determinants Of Prejudice Against Mcamentioning

confidence: 99%

Strategies for combating prejudice against Muslims in Australia

Chowdhury,

Khandoker

2024

Humanit Soc Sci Commun

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

The post-9/11 era has witnessed an upsurge in prejudice against Muslims in Western societies. Prejudice runs the risk of leading to discrimination if left uncurbed. This review attempts to explore the strategies used to combat prejudice against Muslim communities in Australia. A Boolean search for the key terms found seven studies (N = 3,177) that were conducted between 2012 and 2022. The study findings suggest that lower levels of education, lack of knowledge of Islam and Muslims, age, and a perception that prejudiced beliefs against Muslim communities are shared by the mainstream population are significant predictors of prejudice against the said group. Intergroup-contact strategy is the primary strategy which has been employed to combat prejudice. However, most of the studies that have been conducted lack ecological validity. In addition, the issues related to multilayered causal mechanisms leading to intergroup contact have been critiqued in this review. Recently, a few studies have used the psychoeducational approach in combating prejudice against Muslims in Australia. This approach has gained external validity. However, the studies related to psychoeducational intervention in combating prejudice against the said group are in their infancy. Recommendations have been made for future research directions that are efficient, practical and may inform government education policies.

show abstract

“…Internationally, researchers, policy‐makers and practitioners have been looking for solutions to mitigate anti‐Muslim prejudice and have identified knowledge of Muslims and Islam as a key factor that can reduce anti‐Muslim prejudice (Moritz et al 2017). More generally, previous research has found evidence that outgroup knowledge is associated with positive attitudes towards that particular outgroup (Pettigrew and Tropp 2008; Hooghe et al 2008; Ülger et al 2018).…”

Section: Terrorism Concerns Anti‐muslim Prejudice and Knowledge Of Islammentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Testing this hypothesis will provide an important contribution to theory (and practice) about prejudice‐reduction initiatives based on education and knowledge (Moritz et al 2017). It will also underline the influence of the broader socio‐political context on the success of these initiatives.…”

Section: Hypothesesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Knowledge about Islam and Muslims is a key component of interventions aimed at reducing anti‐Muslim prejudice, such as school programs, training courses and media campaigns (Moritz et al, 2017). One of the main assumptions that underpin these social interventions is that increased knowledge about an outgroup is associated with lower levels of outgroup prejudice (Pettigrew and Tropp 2008; McBride 2015; Mak et al 2017).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

See 1 more Smart Citation

Terrorism concern and persistence of negative attitudes towards Islam and Muslims

Vergani

Mansouri

Orellana

2022

Community & Applied Soc Psy

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

This study suggests that terrorism concerns can hinder the effect of prejudice reduction interventions based on education and outgroup knowledge. There is accordance in the literature that individuals who possess more knowledge about Muslim people and Islam are less likely to have anti‐Muslim prejudice. We conducted secondary analyses of data from a representative sample of Australians (N = 1,267), and we found that terrorism concerns moderate the relationship between anti‐Muslim prejudice and knowledge of Islam, wherein individuals with higher levels of terrorism concern have high anti‐Muslim attitudes regardless of their levels of knowledge. In an experimental study manipulating terrorism concerns, a national sample of 502 Australians was randomly allocated to watch a news video about ISIS or a video portraying Muslims positively. Individuals who watched the ISIS video had significantly higher anti‐Muslim attitudes and were significantly more likely to retain negatively framed information about Muslims than those who watched the positive video. Please refer to the Supplementary Material section to find this article's Community and Social Impact Statement.

show abstract

Muslims Love Jesus, Too? Corrective Information Alters Prejudices Against Islam

Cited by 9 publications

References 22 publications

National identification, social dominance orientation, and attitudes towards Black Pete in the Netherlands: Person- and variable-centered analyses

National identification, social dominance orientation, and attitudes towards Black Pete in the Netherlands: Person- and variable-centered analyses

Strategies for combating prejudice against Muslims in Australia

Terrorism concern and persistence of negative attitudes towards Islam and Muslims

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About