• DOI:10.1080/10646175.2013.835600
Corpus ID: 144462796

Cultivating Virtual Stereotypes?: The Impact of Video Game Play on Racial/Ethnic Stereotypes

@article{BehmMorawitz2014CultivatingVS,
  title={Cultivating Virtual Stereotypes?: The Impact of Video Game Play on Racial/Ethnic Stereotypes},
  author={Elizabeth Behm-Morawitz and David Ta},
  journal={Howard Journal of Communications},
  year={2014},
  volume={25},
  pages={1 - 15}
}

Elizabeth Behm-Morawitz, David Ta

Published 2014

Psychology

Howard Journal of Communications

This study demonstrates broad-based, second-order cultivation effects from video game play and provides a significant contribution to our understanding of how virtual representations of race and ethnicity may impact real-world racial and ethnic beliefs. This research used a survey design to assess the relationship between White college students’ frequency of video game play and attitudes toward Blacks and Asians. Results suggest that video game play cultivates real-world beliefs about Blacks… CONTINUE READING

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