Few studies have empirically examined how media stereotypes of Muslims influence
Americans' support for public policies exclusively harming Muslims. Across three studies, we …

This paper seeks to advance the global study of religiosity and spirituality by conducting a
meta-analysis of major approaches in the field. While the field, and thus the collected …

Are Muslim immigrants subjected to targeted opposition (ie, Islamophobia) on their pathway
to US citizenship? Using a list experiment and a representative sample of the US population …

An alternative, uniquely Christian response to the growing global challenges of deep
religious difference In the last fifty years, millions of Muslims have migrated to Europe and …

Two studies examined the effects of reliance on direct and media-based contact for
information about Muslims on Americans' stereotypic beliefs of and negative emotions …

This paper examines anti-Muslim sentiment in America. Existing research has documented
rising hostility to Muslims in Western countries, but has been much less clear about what …

Research on Islamophobia in Switzerland, and on the role of religiosity in relation to
Islamophobia, is in its infancy. Against this background, we analyzed data from an online …

The present research relied on intergroup theory to explain attitudes toward Muslim
Americans. In particular, the parasocial contact hypothesis was relied on to develop a set of …

Political discourses about Muslim immigration in the media and on social networking sites
(SNSs) are highly contentious and have the potential to further polarize societal segments …

Sociological theories of symbolic boundaries (understandings of who belongs to in-groups
and out-groups) and social boundaries (material stratification) argue both are related, but …