Article: The impact of using person-centered language to reference stigmatized groups in news coverage

The study “The impact of using person-centered language to reference stigmatized groups in news coverage” by Caroline Murray, Anita Varma and Natalie Jomini Stroud  from University of Texas at Austin studied whether using person-centered language (such as “person with substance abuse disorder) rather than stigmatizing terms (such as “drug abuser”) improved trust towards journalism. Past … Continued