Pereira da Costa Leonor, Bierwiaczonek Kinga, Bianchi Mauro
HEI-Lab: Digital Human-Environment Interaction Labs, Lusófona University, Lisboa, Portugal.
Department of Psychology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.
Cyberpsychol Behav Soc Netw. 2024 Jul;27(7):440-451. doi: 10.1089/cyber.2023.0591. Epub 2024 May 9.
With the ubiquity of technology in the modern life, contact between different social groups via different digital means is an everyday reality. Can such a digital intergroup contact reduce prejudice, or does it exacerbate it? In this study, we summarize the present evidence on the links between intergroup digital contact and prejudice in a variety of intergroup contexts. We meta-analyzed experimental and correlational evidence from 88 independent samples ( = 9,385). Digital intergroup contact showed a small but significant effect consistent with prejudice reduction ( = 0.25). Direct digital contact showed larger effect than indirect forms of contact, and contact via computer-mediated communication showed larger effects than contact achieved via other activities such as interacting with nonplayable characters or embodiment. The effects were similar regardless of the type of out-group targeted by prejudice. Overall, meta-analytical results suggest that digital intergroup contact may reduce prejudice.
随着技术在现代生活中的无处不在，不同社会群体通过不同数字手段进行的接触已成为日常现实。这种数字群体间接触能减少偏见，还是会加剧偏见呢？在本研究中，我们总结了当前关于各种群体间情境下群体间数字接触与偏见之间联系的证据。我们对来自88个独立样本（N = 9385）的实验和相关证据进行了元分析。数字群体间接触显示出与减少偏见一致的小但显著的效应（r = 0.25）。直接数字接触比间接接触形式显示出更大的效应，并且通过计算机介导的通信进行的接触比通过与非玩家角色互动或化身等其他活动实现的接触显示出更大的效应。无论偏见所针对的外群体类型如何，效应都是相似的。总体而言，元分析结果表明数字群体间接触可能会减少偏见。
