From Rumour to Riot: Assessing the effects of verbal prejudice on desires and perceptions of intergroup contact between Muslims and non-Muslims

ESRC: John Shayegh: ES/ p000762 /1在英国和加拿大，对穆斯林的偏见有所上升，威胁到族群间的和谐关系和穆斯林的福祉。一些政治家支持并鼓励来自不同背景的人之间的互动，而另一些人则不赞成。目前还不清楚这对非穆斯林与穆斯林互动的愿望有什么影响。利用2019年大选期间加拿大政治家的推特言论，探索与政治家关于穆斯林言论相关的主题。然后，从这些数据中获得的关于穆斯林的正面和负面信息将为实验操作提供信息，以了解它们对人们群体间接触欲望的影响。我们还将研究情感变量，如群体间焦虑和信任。这些发现将告诉我们政治家的信息传递是如何影响群体间关系的，以及解释这些影响的特定心理机制。

ESRC : John Shayegh : ES/P000762/1Prejudice against Muslims has risen in the U.K. and Canada, threatening harmonious intergroup relations and the wellbeing of Muslims. Some politicians endorse and encourage interactions among people from diverse backgrounds, whereas others discourage this. It is currently unclear what effects this has on the desires of non-Muslims to interact with Muslims. Using Canadian politicians' twitter statements from the 2019 election period, themes related to politicians' statements about Muslims will be explored. Then positive and negative messaging about Muslims from this data will inform experimental manipulations to understand their impact on people's desires for intergroup contact. We will also examine emotion variables such as intergroup anxiety and trust. The findings will inform how politician messaging can impact intergroup relations, and the particular psychological mechanisms that account for these effects.