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White Privilege: The Effect of Informer Race on Perceived Legitimacy

Project Details

Keywords: White privilege, perception, informer, race
Student Investigator:
Elizabeth Hawkins
Faculty Mentor: Amanda Sesko, Ph.D.
Project Period: January 2017–July 2017

Funding Sources

URECA: $525

Abstract

The goal of this research was to investigate how the race of an informer of White privilege affects the perceived legitimacy and recognition of its existence through either a factual based (central route) or emotion based (peripheral route) message.

Selected Resources & Publications

White Privilege: The Effect of Informer Race on Perceived Legitimacy
Final report