How do messages based on collective memory help to reduce anti-immigrant prejudice?
This study explores anti-immigrant prejudice reduction through Collective Memory (CM). Drawing on mediated contact and narrative persuasion research, a narrative experiment (N = 260) with a two-group design tested the effectiveness of testimonial CM-based messages in the context of Venezuelan immigr...
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| description | This study explores anti-immigrant prejudice reduction through Collective Memory (CM). Drawing on mediated contact and narrative persuasion research, a narrative experiment (N = 260) with a two-group design tested the effectiveness of testimonial CM-based messages in the context of Venezuelan immigration to Colombia. Relevant moderator (xenophobia level) and mediators (identification and narrative transportation) were included in the model. Results showed no interaction effect between CM cue and xenophobia on mediating variables. However, serial mediation analysis revealed that the CM cue activated perceived past-remembering, increasing mediators and ultimately favorable outcome variables. Implications for prejudice reduction are discussed, enhancing our understanding of CM’s impact. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-2111e040a8784a9bbe8fd1d81aad2ef02025-08-20T02:37:09ZengElsevierCurrent Research in Ecological and Social Psychology2666-62272025-01-01810022610.1016/j.cresp.2025.100226How do messages based on collective memory help to reduce anti-immigrant prejudice?Omid Alizadeh Afrouzi0Juan-José Igartua1Swiss-Latin American Centre, University of St.Gallen, Müller-Friedberg-Strasse 8, 9000, St. Gallen, Switzerland; Corresponding author.Department of Sociology and Communication, University of Salamanca, Avda. Francisco Tomás y Valiente Campus Unamuno, Edificio FES, 37007, Salamanca, SpainThis study explores anti-immigrant prejudice reduction through Collective Memory (CM). Drawing on mediated contact and narrative persuasion research, a narrative experiment (N = 260) with a two-group design tested the effectiveness of testimonial CM-based messages in the context of Venezuelan immigration to Colombia. Relevant moderator (xenophobia level) and mediators (identification and narrative transportation) were included in the model. Results showed no interaction effect between CM cue and xenophobia on mediating variables. However, serial mediation analysis revealed that the CM cue activated perceived past-remembering, increasing mediators and ultimately favorable outcome variables. Implications for prejudice reduction are discussed, enhancing our understanding of CM’s impact.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666622725000139Collective memoryNarrative persuasionMediated contactPrejudiceColombiaVenezuela |
| spellingShingle | Omid Alizadeh Afrouzi Juan-José Igartua How do messages based on collective memory help to reduce anti-immigrant prejudice? Current Research in Ecological and Social Psychology Collective memory Narrative persuasion Mediated contact Prejudice Colombia Venezuela |
| title | How do messages based on collective memory help to reduce anti-immigrant prejudice? |
| title_full | How do messages based on collective memory help to reduce anti-immigrant prejudice? |
| title_fullStr | How do messages based on collective memory help to reduce anti-immigrant prejudice? |
| title_full_unstemmed | How do messages based on collective memory help to reduce anti-immigrant prejudice? |
| title_short | How do messages based on collective memory help to reduce anti-immigrant prejudice? |
| title_sort | how do messages based on collective memory help to reduce anti immigrant prejudice |
| topic | Collective memory Narrative persuasion Mediated contact Prejudice Colombia Venezuela |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666622725000139 |
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