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The Minority Dilemma in Communication: Why Minority Labels Are Overrepresented in News Coverage

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Social Psychological and Personality Science

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Abstract

Social Psychological and Personality Science, Ahead of Print.
Minority group membership is often explicitly mentioned in news reports, while majority membership is unstated. This results in an overrepresentation of minority labels in negative contexts (e.g., crime reports). While this may reflect motivated biases to ...