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

Autor/inn/en	Bergold, Sebastian; Hastall, Matthias R.; Steinmayr, Ricarda
Titel	Do Mass Media Shape Stereotypes about Intellectually Gifted Individuals? Two Experiments on Stigmatization Effects from Biased Newspaper Reports
Quelle	In: Gifted Child Quarterly, 65 (2021) 1, S.75-94 (20 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Bergold, Sebastian)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1934-9041
DOI	10.1177/0016986220969393
Schlagwörter	Mass Media Effects; Academically Gifted; Stereotypes; Labeling (of Persons); College Students; Negative Attitudes; Positive Attitudes; Familiarity; Social Bias; Preservice Teachers; Foreign Countries; Germany + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Klischee; Labeling-Ansatz; Collegestudent; Negative Fixierung; Ausland; Deutschland
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. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01