Intergroup Contact, COVID-19 News Consumption, and the Moderating Role of Digital Media Trust on Prejudice Toward Asians in the United States: Cross-Sectional Study

BackgroundThe perceived threat of a contagious virus may lead people to be distrustful of immigrants and out-groups. Since the COVID-19 outbreak, the salient politicized discourses of blaming Chinese people for spreading the virus have fueled over 2000 reports of anti-Asian r...

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Main Authors: Tsai, Jiun-Yi, Phua, Joe, Pan, Shuya, Yang, Chia-chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: JMIR Publications 2020-09-01
Series:Journal of Medical Internet Research
Online Access:http://www.jmir.org/2020/9/e22767/