November 26, 2018
Like study of media and violence…
persuasion: people convinced of different ideas about other ethnic group, new beliefs/attitudes
coordination: changing understanding about norms and behaviors that are appropriate (about social costs and consequences of behavior)
narratives better at persuasion b/c
narratives better at persuasion b/c
beliefs: violence based on psychological responses, lack of independent thought and dissent, insufficient group interactions
norms: positive portrayal of inter-ethnic cooperation, expression of dissent
Treatment shifted norms:
Secret observation of how groups handled reward:
Similar experiment in Democratic Republic of the Congo:
"Treatment"/Discussion group showed: