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James D. Johnson

Researcher at University of North Carolina at Wilmington

Publications -  41
Citations -  3094

James D. Johnson is an academic researcher from University of North Carolina at Wilmington. The author has contributed to research in topics: Prejudice (legal term) & Acquaintance rape. The author has an hindex of 24, co-authored 38 publications receiving 2927 citations. Previous affiliations of James D. Johnson include University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill & Wilmington University.

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The Influence of Media Violence on Youth

TL;DR: Though it is clear that reducing exposure to media violence will reduce aggression and violence, it is less clear what sorts of interventions will produce a reduction in exposure, and large-scale longitudinal studies would help specify the magnitude of media-violence effects on the most severe types of violence.
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Perspective and Prejudice: Antecedents and Mediating Mechanisms

TL;DR: Investigating mechanisms by which Whites’ prejudice toward Blacks can be reduced and exploring how creating a common ingroup identity can reduce prejudice by promoting these processes found reductions in prejudice were mediated primarily by feelings associated with perceived injustice.
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Violent Attitudes and Deferred Academic Aspirations: Deleterious Effects of Exposure to Rap Music

TL;DR: In this article, the authors assess the effects of exposure to rap music on the attitudes and perceptions of young African-American males and find that subjects in the violent exposure conditions expressed greater acceptance of the use of violence.
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Differential gender effects of exposure to rap music on African American adolescents' acceptance of teen dating violence

TL;DR: In this article, the effects of exposure to nonviolent rap music on African American adolescents' perceptions of teen dating violence were assessed. But the results indicated that acceptance of the use of violence did not vary as a function of exposure for male subjects.