Two experimental studies investigated how news reports about terrorist attacks committed by unide... more Two experimental studies investigated how news reports about terrorist attacks committed by unidentified perpetrators influence beliefs about the perpetrators and Muslims in general. In Study 1, a quota-based sample of 354 Germans was exposed to terror news coverage describing either non-Muslim or Muslim victims with no reference to the perpetrators of the attacks. Upon stimulus exposure, participants were asked the likelihood that the perpetrators were either Islamist extremists, far-right extremists, or lone operators. In Study 2, no information about the victims was provided, but the perpetrators were either Muslims or unidentified. In addition, we measured news consumers’ Islamophobic attitudes in both studies. Results from Study 1 revealed that participants attributed perpetrator-unidentified attacks to Islamist perpetrators when the victims were non-Muslims. In contrast, terrorist attacks directed against Muslim victims were more likely to be attributed to far-right extremists...
In the awake of making a better world different measure are taken to fight against the issues, on... more In the awake of making a better world different measure are taken to fight against the issues, one of which is Corporate Social Responsibility- CSR. (CSR) is a popular top-ic today, from a small scale companies to large multinational corporate houses, firms are taking initiatives, which could be either to make a positive contribution to society or to support their strategic goals, but in any case society is getting benefited by CSR and in return companies are being praised for it. But, with the change in perspective that the CSR performed by the companies are no longer a voluntary act by the corpo-rate but a mandate policy applied to them by the government, might change the whole course of effect CSR has. People might start to doubt the companies and consumer skepticism toward companies might starts to rise. The aim of this study is to find out whether a change in government policy to mandate CSR will also bring a change in consumer's perception towards the companies CSR practic...
Two experimental studies investigated how news reports about terrorist attacks committed by unide... more Two experimental studies investigated how news reports about terrorist attacks committed by unidentified perpetrators influence beliefs about the perpetrators and Muslims in general. In Study 1, a quota-based sample of 354 Germans was exposed to terror news coverage describing either non-Muslim or Muslim victims with no reference to the perpetrators of the attacks. Upon stimulus exposure, participants were asked the likelihood that the perpetrators were either Islamist extremists, far-right extremists, or lone operators. In Study 2, no information about the victims was provided, but the perpetrators were either Muslims or unidentified. In addition, we measured news consumers’ Islamophobic attitudes in both studies. Results from Study 1 revealed that participants attributed perpetrator-unidentified attacks to Islamist perpetrators when the victims were non-Muslims. In contrast, terrorist attacks directed against Muslim victims were more likely to be attributed to far-right extremists...
In the awake of making a better world different measure are taken to fight against the issues, on... more In the awake of making a better world different measure are taken to fight against the issues, one of which is Corporate Social Responsibility- CSR. (CSR) is a popular top-ic today, from a small scale companies to large multinational corporate houses, firms are taking initiatives, which could be either to make a positive contribution to society or to support their strategic goals, but in any case society is getting benefited by CSR and in return companies are being praised for it. But, with the change in perspective that the CSR performed by the companies are no longer a voluntary act by the corpo-rate but a mandate policy applied to them by the government, might change the whole course of effect CSR has. People might start to doubt the companies and consumer skepticism toward companies might starts to rise. The aim of this study is to find out whether a change in government policy to mandate CSR will also bring a change in consumer's perception towards the companies CSR practic...
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