Threat by association: how distant events can affect local intergroup relations

Thijs Bouman

Threat by association: how distant events can affect local intergroup relations

Thijs Bouman

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De hedendaagse samenleving wordt steeds meer divers. Hoewel dit grote voordelen kan hebben, gaat dit ook vaak gepaard met intolerantie. Waar veel verklaringen voor deze “lokale” intolerantie zich richten op de gedragingen van de dichtbije groepen zelf, laat dit proefschrift zien dat waargenomen dreigingen van situaties ver weg ook lokale intolerantie kunnen veroorzaken.

Berichtgeving over de Islamitische Staat, Griekse schuldencrisis, of een mogelijke Turkse toetreding tot de EU heeft niet enkel invloed op hoe wij tegen deze – vaak verre – groepen aankijken, maar beïnvloedt ook ons beeld over groepen in onze directe omgeving (bijvoorbeeld over Turkse, Marokkaanse en Indonesische Nederlanders). Berichtgeving over verre gebeurtenissen kunnen gevoelens van dreiging oproepen en die kunnen weer overslaan in lokale intolerantie. Deze intolerantie is voornamelijk gericht op dichtbije groepen die geassocieerd kunnen worden met de verre groep, omdat ze bijvoorbeeld een vergelijkbare cultuur of religie hebben. Opvallend is dat voornamelijk negatieve reacties op ver “slecht” nieuws overslaan terwijl positieve reacties op ver “goed” nieuws vaak beperkt blijven tot de verre groep.

Door te kijken naar de invloed van berichtgeving over verre gebeurtenissen op lokale intolerantie voegen we een nieuwe dimensie toe aan het onderzoek over lokale intolerantie. Wanneer verre en dichtbije groepen met elkaar geassocieerd worden, kan negatieve berichtgeving over de verre groep resulteren in intolerantie ten opzichte van groepen dichtbij.

Originele taal-2	English
Kwalificatie	Doctor of Philosophy
Toekennende instantie	Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
Begeleider(s)/adviseur	Otten, Sabine, Supervisor van Zomeren, Martijn, Co-supervisor
Datum van toekenning	14-jan.-2016
Plaats van publicatie	[Groningen]
Uitgever	University of Groningen
Gedrukte ISBN's	978-90-367-8473-3
Elektronische ISBN's	978-90-367-8472-6
Status	Published - 2016

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Chapter 3Final publisher's version, 387 KB
Chapter 4Final publisher's version, 349 KB
Chapter 5Final publisher's version, 326 KB
Chapter 6Final publisher's version, 233 KB
ReferencesFinal publisher's version, 215 KB
Nederlandstalige samenvatting (summary in Dutch)Final publisher's version, 214 KB
Dankwoord (acknowledgements)Final publisher's version, 74,4 KB
Curriculum vitaeFinal publisher's version, 111 KB
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