Stereotype Dynamics

by Kashima; Yoshihisa

• ISBN13: 9780805856781
• ISBN10: 0805856781
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-08-30
• Publisher: Lawrence Erlbau

Summary

This volume addresses the role of communication-particularly language-based communication-in stereotype dynamics, while placing the phenomenon of social stereotypes appropriately in the sociocultural context. Poised to serve as a major achievement in studying the influence of language and communication, Stereotype Dynamics assembles top researchers in the field to investigate stereotype formation, maintenance, and transformation through interpersonal facets of communication. Section one presents meta-theoretical perspectives, strongly informed by theories and empirical research. Subsequent sections address the following research questions in the perspectives of language-based communication: What do the signs in a language mean, and how do the meanings of the signs shape stereotypes? How do people use those signs intentionally or unintentionally? Is language use biased in some way? How do language users' identities affect the meaning of a particular language use in social context? What are the social consequences of language-based communication? Does language-based communication provide a basis for the formation, maintenance, and transformation of social stereotypes? This timely book is ideal for advanced students, scholars, and researchers in social psychology, and related disciplines such as human communications and socio-linguistics. It is also appropriate for use as a supplement in upper level courses on prejudice and stereotyping. Book jacket.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. ix
Contributors	p. xiii
Stereotype Dynamics: An Introduction and Overview	p. 1
Stereotype Dynamics
Stereotypes in the Wild	p. 11
Stereotype Change in the Social Context	p. 29
Cultural Dynamics of Stereotyping: Social Network Processes and the Perpetuation of Stereotypes	p. 59
Symbolic Mediation and Stereotyping
A Semiotic Approach to Understanding the Role of Communication in Stereotyping	p. 95
Derogatory Language in Intergroup Context: Are "Gay" and "Fag" Synonymous?	p. 117
Dynamics of Sex-Role Stereotypes	p. 135
Stereotype and Language Use
A Model of Biased Language Use	p. 165
Strategic Language Use in Interpersonal and Intergroup Communication	p. 189
Sender-Receiver Constellations as a Moderator of Linguistic Abstraction Biases	p. 213
Stereotype Sharedness and Distinctiveness
Retention and Transmission of Socially Shared Beliefs: The Role of Linguistic Abstraction in Stereotypic Communication	p. 241
The Consensualization of Stereotypes in Small Groups	p. 263
How Communication Practices and Category Norms Lead People to Stereotype Particular People and Groups	p. 293
Identity, Self-Regulation, and Stereotyping
Kernel of Truth or Motivated Stereotype? Interpreting and Responding to Negative Generalizations About Your Group	p. 316
Social Identity and Social Convention in Responses to Criticisms of Groups	p. 339
The Interplay of Stereotype Threat and Regulatory Focus	p. 367
Author Index	p. 391
Subject Index	p. 405
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