Computer-mediated communication and the reduction of prejudice: A controlled longitudinal field experiment among Jews and Arabs in Israel

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Highlights：

• Prejudice among Israeli Jews and Arabs’ declined in yearlong virtual teams.

• A longitudinal design and post-test control groups enhance causal conclusions.

• The study integrates CMC theory with the intergroup contact hypothesis.

• Interpersonal factors correlate with better attitudes toward outgroups as a whole.

摘要

•Prejudice among Israeli Jews and Arabs’ declined in yearlong virtual teams.•A longitudinal design and post-test control groups enhance causal conclusions.•The study integrates CMC theory with the intergroup contact hypothesis.•Interpersonal factors correlate with better attitudes toward outgroups as a whole.

论文关键词：Contact hypothesis,Virtual groups,Computer-mediated communication,Prejudice,Social information processing theory,Social identification/deindividuation theory

论文评审过程：Available online 7 September 2014, Version of Record 8 August 2015.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2014.08.004