After "The China Virus" Went Viral: Racially Charged Coronavirus Coverage and Trends in Bias Against Asian Americans
After "The China Virus" Went Viral: Racially Charged Coronavirus Coverage and Trends in Bias Against Asian Americans
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DOI：
10.1177/1090198120957949
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发表时间：
2020-09-10
影响因子：
4.2
通讯作者：
Johnson, Rucker C.
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作者：
Darling-Hammond, Sean;Michaels, Eli K.;Johnson, Rucker C.
2020年3月8日，使用“中国病毒”及相关术语的推文转发量增加了650%。3月9日，保守派新闻媒体文章中使用这些术语的次数增加了800%。利用2007-2020年“亚洲内隐联想测试”项目非亚裔受访者的数据（n= 339,063），我们试图确定媒体语气的这种变化是否会增加对亚裔美国人的偏见。局部多项式回归和中断时间序列分析显示，隐性美国偏见（即认为欧洲裔美国人比亚裔美国人更“美国人”的潜意识信念）从2007年到2020年初稳步下降，但随着保守派媒体中侮辱性语言的增加，趋势逆转并在3月8日开始上升。偏见的趋势逆转在保守的个体中更为明显。这项研究提供的证据表明，使用污名化的语言会增加亚裔美国人“永远是外国人”的潜意识信念。鉴于长期的外国人偏见会导致歧视行为，以及遭受歧视与不利的心理和身体健康结果相关的研究，这项研究为污名化媒体对亚裔美国人健康和福利的影响敲响了警钟。
On March 8, 2020, there was a 650% increase in Twitter retweets using the term "Chinese virus" and related terms. On March 9, there was an 800% increase in the use of these terms in conservative news media articles. Using data from non-Asian respondents of the Project Implicit "Asian Implicit Association Test" from 2007-2020 (n= 339,063), we sought to ascertain if this change in media tone increased bias against Asian Americans. Local polynomial regression and interrupted time-series analyses revealed that Implicit Americanness Bias-or the subconscious belief that European American individuals are more "American" than Asian American individuals-declined steadily from 2007 through early 2020 but reversed trend and began to increase on March 8, following the increase in stigmatizing language in conservative media outlets. The trend reversal in bias was more pronounced among conservative individuals. This research provides evidence that the use of stigmatizing language increased subconscious beliefs that Asian Americans are "perpetual foreigners." Given research that perpetual foreigner bias can beget discriminatory behavior and that experiencing discrimination is associated with adverse mental and physical health outcomes, this research sounds an alarm about the effects of stigmatizing media on the health and welfare of Asian Americans.