AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY: DOES WATCHING A VIDEO CHANGE PERCEPTIONS?

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Amber Baseer
Dr Elizabeth Schwaiger

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The present research investigated the affect of stereotypes about veiling by means of a short video. Experimental strategy employing a within subject design was used to find out the change in perception regarding veiling of university students. The sample consisted of 98 participants with ages ranging from 17-28 years. The data was collected from a a liberal arts university of Lahore, Pakistan via systematic sampling. Students were given a measure of perceptions about women who veil pre- and post-watching a video about a compassionate Muslim woman. Findings of the study suggested that though these university students did not have negative stereotypes about women who veil, a 5-minute video still served as a means of changing their perception in a positive direction.

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Amber Baseer, & Dr Elizabeth Schwaiger. (2024). AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY: DOES WATCHING A VIDEO CHANGE PERCEPTIONS?. International Journal of Contemporary Issues in Social Sciences, 3(2), 1809–1814. Retrieved from https://ijciss.org/index.php/ijciss/article/view/891
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