American racism is alive and well. In this essay, we amass a large body of classic and
contemporary research across multiple areas of psychology (eg, cognitive, developmental …

Proactive policing, as a strategic approach used by police agencies to prevent crime, is a
relatively new phenomenon in the United States. It developed from a crisis in confidence in …

With contributions from some of the finest scholars in the discipline, Media Effects serves not
only as a comprehensive reference volume for media effects study but also as an …

Prior research found that stereotypical media content shapes the perception of racial groups
and social policy. Using the Ucla Communication Studies Digital News Archive, we sampled …

This study investigates media effects on stereotypic attitudes toward immigrants in a political
campaign that dealt with the naturalization of immigrants. By combining a content analysis of …

The eighth edition of this text remains an indispensable resource for mass communication
psychology and media effects courses. This book gives readers an in-depth understanding …

A little more than a century ago, the famous social scientist WEB Du Bois asserted that a true
understanding of African American offending must be grounded in the" real conditions" of …

Studies with adults suggest that implicit preferences favoring White versus Black individuals
can be reduced through exposure to positive Black exemplars. However, it remains unclear …

This paper presents a meta-analysis of 79 cases (N= 21,857) testing the effectiveness of
mediated intergroup contact on prejudice. Positive mediated contact decreased (r=−. 23; …

The consequences of racial microaggressions are most often discussed at an interpersonal
level. In this article, we contend that microaggressions play an important role in maintaining …