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Publication details [#58787]

Ball-Rokeach, Sandra, Garrett M. Broad and Carmen Gonzalez. 2014. Intergroup relations in South Los Angeles – Combining communication infrastructure and contact hypothesis approaches. International Journal of Intercultural Relations 38 : 47–59.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

attitude | communication | intergroup communication | perception3 | social relationship

Place, Publisher

Elsevier

Journal WWW

www.sciencedirect.com/web-editions

Annotation

Using Kim & Ball-Rokeach's (2006) Communication Infrastructure Theory and Allport's (1954) contact hypothesis, this paper deals wih attitudinal or communicative factors that could affect South Los Angeles' residents’ perceptions of “Black-Brown” intergroup relations. Interpersonal contact, mostly in Latinos, appears to influence intergroup perceptions. Additionally, various communication-linked variables show a notable, and sometimes negative, impact on intergroup perceptions.