1944年5月，美國猶太人委員會（the American Jewish Committee）邀請了具有不同學術背景的美國學者，舉行了為期兩天的關於宗教與民族偏見的會議。會議期間，與會者制訂了一項研究計划，以便解決當時的一個主要問題：偏見。……他們制訂了兩種研究標准，一種研究標准所涉范圍較窄，主要針對社會教育遇到的問題，例如，人們對當時社會生活中若干重大事件的反應，以及對大眾傳媒在報道團體之...
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