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“Readers' memories of Afrocentric features are significantly more pronounced when the news stories concern … violent crime… [In reconstructing photos displayed in crime stories] Afrocentric features were significantly more pronounced than the actual photograph depicted."

The Face of Crime: Viewers’ Memory of Race-Related Facial Features of Individuals Pictured in the News The Face of Crime: Viewers’ Memory of Race-Related Facial Features of Individuals Pictured in the News
The Face of Crime: Viewers’ Memory of Race-Related Facial Features of Individuals Pictured in the News
Journal of Communication
Oliver, Mary Beth / Jackson, Ronald L. / Moses, Ndidi N. / Dangerfield, Celnisha L.
Vol. 54 Issue 1, pp. 88–104, 2004
10.1111/j.1460-2466.2004.tb02615.x
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