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La sutil transmisión del sesgo racial a través del comportamiento no verbal televisado
Max Weisbuch1, Kristin Pauker, Nalini Ambady
1Department of Psychology, Tufts University, 490 Boston Avenue, Medford, MA 02155, USA. max.weisbuch@tufts.edu
Resumen
Sutiles prejuicios raciales en la televisión.
Área de la Ciencia:
- Psicología social Psicología social.
- Estudios de los medios Estudios de los medios.
- Comunicación Investigación Investigación de las comunicaciones.
Sus antecedentes:
- Las declaraciones raciales explícitas se identifican fácilmente como sesgadas.
- Las sutiles señales no verbales, como las expresiones faciales y el lenguaje corporal, pueden transmitir sesgos inconscientemente.
- La televisión es un medio generalizado de aprendizaje e influencia social.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Investigar si el prejuicio racial no verbal se transmite a través del contenido televisado.
- Para determinar si la exposición a prejuicios sutiles no verbales influye en los propios prejuicios raciales de los espectadores.
- Explorar el papel de la identificación consciente en la recepción del sesgo no verbal.
Principales métodos:
- Análisis del comportamiento no verbal de los personajes hacia los individuos negros y blancos en 11 programas de televisión populares.
- Estudios experimentales que exponen a los participantes a un sesgo no verbal pro-blanco o pro-negro en el contenido televisado.
- Medición del sesgo racial de los participantes antes y después de la exposición, evaluando la conciencia consciente de los patrones no verbales.
Principales resultados:
- Los personajes de televisión mostraron un comportamiento no verbal más negativo hacia los personajes negros que hacia los blancos.
- La exposición al sesgo no verbal pro-blanco en la televisión aumentó el sesgo racial de los espectadores.
- Este aumento en el sesgo se produjo incluso cuando los espectadores no podían identificar conscientemente los patrones de sesgo no verbales.
Conclusiones:
- El comportamiento no verbal televisado puede transmitir sutilmente prejuicios raciales.
- El procesamiento inconsciente de señales no verbales contribuye a la perpetuación de los prejuicios raciales.
- Las representaciones de los medios de comunicación juegan un papel importante en la configuración de las actitudes y prejuicios de la audiencia.
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