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Publication details [#52506]

Montiel, Cristina Jayme and Ashiq Ali Shah. 2008. Effects of Political Framing and Perceiver's Social Position on Trait Attributions of a Terrorist/Freedom Fighter. Journal of Language and Social Psychology 27 (3) : 266–275.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Place, Publisher
SAGE Publications

Annotation

This paper draws on positioning theory and societal structural configurations of Malay Muslims and Filipino Christians, to predict that the framing impact of political violence is moderated by the message receiver's social position: disadvantaged groups prefer (trait attributions of) freedom fighters over terrorists, and vice versa.