Giovanni Facchini, Yotam Margalit and Hiroyuki Nakata conducted a social experiment in Japan on the effect of exposure to positive information about immigration on attitudes towards immigrants. All 9,000 participants were given a text on a Japanese painter, a subject unrelated to migration. The control group, comprising some of the 9,000 people, was given a second text, with information on Pluto, a topic again unrelated to migration. Individuals were also more willing to sign a petition after being exposed to positive immigration information than in the absence of it. The researchers also found that the positive impacts last over the delayed 10-12 day study period, but are diminished compared to the immediate studies.

Source: The Hindu February 21, 2017 00:31 UTC