TY - JOUR
T1 - Politeness Strategies in Confrontations of Prejudice
AU - Lewis, Tiffany
AU - Yoshimura, Stephen M.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 Taylor & Francis.
PY - 2017/1/1
Y1 - 2017/1/1
N2 - This project draws on the self-regulation of prejudiced responses model and politeness theory to investigate the role of politeness strategies in interpersonal confrontations of prejudice. One hundred and three participants were exposed to experimental confrontations of prejudiced remarks made about Native Americans. The results generally indicate that direct confrontations, which included an explanation of why the response was perceived as prejudiced, were most effective in reducing prejudiced responses and reducing levels of reported prejudice. Furthermore, participants generally accepted confrontations of their prejudiced responses and did not negatively evaluate their confronters. Finally, the more positive politeness participants perceived in the confrontations, the more positively they evaluated their confronter. Implications for theory and the confrontation of prejudice in everyday life are discussed.
AB - This project draws on the self-regulation of prejudiced responses model and politeness theory to investigate the role of politeness strategies in interpersonal confrontations of prejudice. One hundred and three participants were exposed to experimental confrontations of prejudiced remarks made about Native Americans. The results generally indicate that direct confrontations, which included an explanation of why the response was perceived as prejudiced, were most effective in reducing prejudiced responses and reducing levels of reported prejudice. Furthermore, participants generally accepted confrontations of their prejudiced responses and did not negatively evaluate their confronters. Finally, the more positive politeness participants perceived in the confrontations, the more positively they evaluated their confronter. Implications for theory and the confrontation of prejudice in everyday life are discussed.
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U2 - 10.1080/15456870.2017.1251198
DO - 10.1080/15456870.2017.1251198
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85011342646
SN - 1545-6870
VL - 25
SP - 1
EP - 16
JO - Atlantic Journal of Communication
JF - Atlantic Journal of Communication
IS - 1
ER -