| ID | 158494 |
| Title Proper | Seeing the world through the other's eye |
| Other Title Information | an online intervention reducing ethnic prejudice |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | SIMONOVITS, GÁBOR ; Gábor Kézdi ; Kardos, Péter |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | We report the results of an intervention that targeted anti-Roma sentiment in Hungary using an online perspective-taking game. We evaluated the impact of this intervention using a randomized experiment in which a sample of young adults played this perspective-taking game, or an unrelated online game. Participation in the perspective-taking game markedly reduced prejudice, with an effect-size equivalent to half the difference between voters of the far-right and the center-right party. The effects persisted for at least a month, and, as a byproduct, the intervention also reduced antipathy toward refugees, another stigmatized group in Hungary, and decreased vote intentions for Hungary's overtly racist, far-right party by 10%. Our study offers a proof-of-concept for a general class of interventions that could be adapted to different settings and implemented at low costs. |
| `In' analytical Note | American Political Science Review Vol. 112, No.1; Feb 2018: p.186-193 |
| Journal Source | American Political Science Review 2018-01 112, 1 |
| Key Words | Online Intervention ; Reducing Ethnic Prejudice |