This study addresses the factors that increase the persuasive impact of entertainment–
education (EE) narrative messages designed to improve attitudes toward immigrants …

This paper explores the consistent alignment of mediated intergroup contact and persuasive
communication in prejudice reduction. Through a systematic review of literature, it provides …

YouTube has emerged as a valuable resource for trans people to get themselves heard. It
also has the potential to help mainstream audiences to understand more about …

Numerous studies provide critical analyses of TV minority representations but only few
examine successful portrayals. Moreover, there is no consensus on what makes a given …

Entertainment television has been explored to reduce stigmatizing attitudes toward mental
illness by incorporating positive stories about characters with mental illness. Guided by …

Media coverage on terrorism can lead to negative attitudes toward Muslims. We theorize that
undifferentiated news—ie, not explicitly distinguishing Muslims from terrorists—can …

Current understandings of similarity with media characters often focus on visible attributes
including gender and race, yet overlook deep-level characteristics such as personality …

Purpose Social media has played a pivotal role in polarizing views on Russia–Ukraine
conflict. The effects of polarization in online interactions have been extensively studied in …

Original content on video-on-demand platforms is often globally available but reflects the
diversity of the American population in terms of ethnicities, races, and sexual identities …

This study explored relationship between intergroup contact and willingness to interact with
each other among Japanese and international students in Japan, focusing on three contact …