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Stereotype Dynamics : Language-Based Approaches to the Formation, Maintenance, and Transformation of Stereotypes

This volume addresses the role of communication in stereotype dynamics, while placing the phenomenon of social stereotypes appropriately in the socio-cultural context. 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 parts address the following research questions in the perspectives of language-based communication:What do the signs in a language mean, and
eBook, English, 2012
Taylor and Francis, Hoboken, 2012