Using celebrity news stories to effectively reduce racial/Ethnic prejudice

Journal of Social Issues

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 123-138

  Ramasubramanian, Srividya ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; CULTURAL RELATIONS; ETHNICITY; MEDIA ROLE; RACIAL DISPARITY; RACIAL IDENTITY; RACISM; SYMBOLISM;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84924444398     PISSN: 00224537     EISSN: 15404560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/josi.12100     Document Type: Article

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