Impact of the narrative formats on the behavior improvement in relation to the socially stigmatized groups: the effect of empathy and similarity in terms of social identity.

Title
Publication TypeConference Proceedings
Año de publicación2016
AuthorsCachón, D, Igartua, JJ
Nombre de la ConferenciaTEEM'16
Páginas1197-1199
PublisherACM
Conference LocationSalamanca
Resumen

The main subject of research projected in this paper is to study the narrative formats effect on the reduction of negative prejudices and worldviews in regard to the various socially stigmatized groups (as a collective of immigrants). Two experiments that analyze the impact of narrations effect on the behavior in regard to the stigmatized groups will be conducted, paying particular attention to role of empathy, identification with the characters and the similarity in terms of social identity.