With our project, we set out to determine if and how language can be influential in forming students' views regarding this controversial issue. We presented surveys that included a neutral text that summarized NAGPRA and biased accounts that either favored or opposed repatriation of the Native American remains at the Hearst Museum.
Conclusions:
We found that the biased language influenced the majority of students, whether they were conscious of it or not. Although many people incorporated words from the excerpts in their answers, only some acknowledged that the language influenced their opinions.
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Wow, I had no idea that there are bodies in the Hearst Museum. I never realized that language could make such a difference informing ones views on controversial issue's such as this one.
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