Implicit and Explicit Consequences of Exposure to Violent and Misogynous Rap Music

TY - JOUR

T1 - Implicit and Explicit Consequences of Exposure to Violent and Misogynous Rap Music

AU - Rudman, Laurie A.

AU - Lee, Matthew R.

PY - 2002/4

Y1 - 2002/4

N2 - In two experiments, primed subjects were exposed to violent and misogynistic rap music and control subjects were exposed to popular music. Experiment 1 showed that violent and misogynistic rap music increased the automatic associations underlying evaluative racial stereotypes in high and low prejudiced subjects alike. By contrast, explicit stereotyping was dependent on priming and subjects’ prejudice level. In Experiment 2, the priming manipulation was followed by a seemingly unrelated person perception task in which subjects rated Black or White targets described as behaving ambiguously. As expected, primed subjects judged a Black target less favorably than a White target. By contrast, control subjects rated Black and White targets similarly. Subjects’ level of prejudice did not moderate these findings, suggesting the robustness of priming effects on social judgments.

AB - In two experiments, primed subjects were exposed to violent and misogynistic rap music and control subjects were exposed to popular music. Experiment 1 showed that violent and misogynistic rap music increased the automatic associations underlying evaluative racial stereotypes in high and low prejudiced subjects alike. By contrast, explicit stereotyping was dependent on priming and subjects’ prejudice level. In Experiment 2, the priming manipulation was followed by a seemingly unrelated person perception task in which subjects rated Black or White targets described as behaving ambiguously. As expected, primed subjects judged a Black target less favorably than a White target. By contrast, control subjects rated Black and White targets similarly. Subjects’ level of prejudice did not moderate these findings, suggesting the robustness of priming effects on social judgments.

KW - The Implicit Association Test

KW - implicit stereotypes

KW - social cognition

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U2 - https://doi.org/10.1177/1368430202005002541

DO - https://doi.org/10.1177/1368430202005002541

M3 - Article

SN - 1368-4302

VL - 5

SP - 133

EP - 150

JO - Group Processes and Intergroup Relations

JF - Group Processes and Intergroup Relations

IS - 2

ER -