12
views
0
recommends
+1 Recommend
0 collections
    0
    shares
      • Record: found
      • Abstract: found
      • Article: not found

      Do Mass Media Shape Stereotypes About Intellectually Gifted Individuals? Two Experiments on Stigmatization Effects From Biased Newspaper Reports

      1 , 1 , 1
      Gifted Child Quarterly
      SAGE Publications

      Read this article at

      ScienceOpenPublisher
      Bookmark
          There is no author summary for this article yet. Authors can add summaries to their articles on ScienceOpen to make them more accessible to a non-specialist audience.

          Abstract

          Negative stereotypes about intellectually gifted individuals prevail among teachers and in society although empirical research has debunked them. They are also dominant in mass media representations of gifted individuals such as newspaper reports. The present study investigated whether stereotypic representations in newspaper articles contribute to the stigmatization of gifted individuals and whether nonstereotypic, evidence-based representations might help destigmatize gifted individuals. Two randomized controlled studies with N = 431 and N = 432 university students, respectively, were conducted. In both experiments, the stereotypic representation caused more negative attitudes toward gifted individuals ( d = 0.86/0.81), whereas the evidence-based representation caused more positive attitudes ( d = −0.54/−0.58), compared with a control group. Quality of previous relationships with gifted persons moderated both effects to some extent; however, both effects were quite robust against potential moderators. Results indicate that the media should be aware of their influence on recipients’ attitudes. Giftedness researchers should more actively join in the public debate to counteract stigmatization of intellectually gifted individuals.

          Related collections

          Most cited references10

          • Record: found
          • Abstract: not found
          • Book: not found

          A theory of psychological reactance

            Bookmark
            • Record: found
            • Abstract: not found
            • Book: not found

            The Nature of Prejudice

              Bookmark
              • Record: found
              • Abstract: not found
              • Book: not found

              Lebensumweltanalyse hochhegabter Kinder

                Bookmark

                Author and article information

                Contributors
                (View ORCID Profile)
                Journal
                Gifted Child Quarterly
                Gifted Child Quarterly
                SAGE Publications
                0016-9862
                1934-9041
                January 2021
                November 06 2020
                January 2021
                : 65
                : 1
                : 75-94
                Affiliations
                [1 ]TU Dortmund University, Dortmund, Germany
                Article
                10.1177/0016986220969393
                a020f222-0394-4b19-8732-12945a7cfab2
                © 2021

                http://journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license

                History

                Comments

                Comment on this article