Anger among Chinese migrants amid COVID-19 discrimination: The role of host news coverage, cultural distance, and national identity

As the early COVID-19 outbreak sparked xenophobia against people of Asian and Chinese background, we collected data from Chinese migrants worldwide to test how discrimination at a macro-level was perceived by the Chinese during COVID-19 globally. Specifically, we examined (1) whether/how the Chinese...

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Autores principales:	Xiaoyuan Li, Alexander S. English, Steve J. Kulich
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Publicado:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:cf7bb6d5ae9d47088e30f9f94bb678fa2021-11-25T06:13:56ZAnger among Chinese migrants amid COVID-19 discrimination: The role of host news coverage, cultural distance, and national identity1932-6203https://doaj.org/article/cf7bb6d5ae9d47088e30f9f94bb678fa2021-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8594835/?tool=EBIhttps://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203As the early COVID-19 outbreak sparked xenophobia against people of Asian and Chinese background, we collected data from Chinese migrants worldwide to test how discrimination at a macro-level was perceived by the Chinese during COVID-19 globally. Specifically, we examined (1) whether/how the Chinese migrants were aware of discrimination against their co-nationals during COVID; (2) if so, whether anger was a predominant reaction of these Chinese towards certain exposure to relevant information; (3) how responses of anger transcend across the group of Chinese migrants. Integrating the ecological approach to media and cultural psychology, as well as the intergroup perspective of social psychology, we conducted a study that explored the impact of traditional media exposure to discrimination on collective anger—a process mediated by national identity among the Chinese migrants. Findings provide some evidence that geographically dispersed mono-cultural groups may share or identify with collective emotions when facing xenophobic threats in a macro context. Further examination of cultural distance (between China and the host country) among the Chinese migrants also revealed a particular interaction between host newspaper coverage and cultural distance on national identity. These findings suggest further research to examine the emotional norms of similar cultures bonded via strong collective identities in times of intergroup threat and the theoretical possibility for diasporic identity processes.Xiaoyuan LiAlexander S. EnglishSteve J. KulichPublic Library of Science (PLoS)articleMedicineRScienceQENPLoS ONE, Vol 16, Iss 11 (2021)
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description	As the early COVID-19 outbreak sparked xenophobia against people of Asian and Chinese background, we collected data from Chinese migrants worldwide to test how discrimination at a macro-level was perceived by the Chinese during COVID-19 globally. Specifically, we examined (1) whether/how the Chinese migrants were aware of discrimination against their co-nationals during COVID; (2) if so, whether anger was a predominant reaction of these Chinese towards certain exposure to relevant information; (3) how responses of anger transcend across the group of Chinese migrants. Integrating the ecological approach to media and cultural psychology, as well as the intergroup perspective of social psychology, we conducted a study that explored the impact of traditional media exposure to discrimination on collective anger—a process mediated by national identity among the Chinese migrants. Findings provide some evidence that geographically dispersed mono-cultural groups may share or identify with collective emotions when facing xenophobic threats in a macro context. Further examination of cultural distance (between China and the host country) among the Chinese migrants also revealed a particular interaction between host newspaper coverage and cultural distance on national identity. These findings suggest further research to examine the emotional norms of similar cultures bonded via strong collective identities in times of intergroup threat and the theoretical possibility for diasporic identity processes.
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title	Anger among Chinese migrants amid COVID-19 discrimination: The role of host news coverage, cultural distance, and national identity
title_short	Anger among Chinese migrants amid COVID-19 discrimination: The role of host news coverage, cultural distance, and national identity
title_full	Anger among Chinese migrants amid COVID-19 discrimination: The role of host news coverage, cultural distance, and national identity
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Anger among Chinese migrants amid COVID-19 discrimination: The role of host news coverage, cultural distance, and national identity

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