Terrorism has the potential to divide societies. It is particularly relevant to investigate how Islamist terrorism on social media is associated with Muslim minorities’ attitudes and behaviors. This study examined how seeing terrorism on social media relates to Muslim minority individuals’ perceived stigmatization. We further investigated how perceived stigmatization translates to social media behaviors, namely, terror-related online self-disclosure and correction of false information about religion. A survey among German Muslims ( N = 432) showed that social media use for information about terrorism was positively associated with perceived stigmatization. This relationship was moderated by individuals’ national identity, but not religious identity. Perceived stigmatization, in turn, positively predicted terror-related online self-disclosure and correction of false information about religion. The findings accentuate the role of social media use for minorities to cope and stand up for their in-group in the face of terror.

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“我为我们挺身而出”：穆斯林因社交媒体上的恐怖主义而受到污名化的感受

恐怖主义有可能分裂社会。调查社交媒体上的伊斯兰恐怖主义与穆斯林少数群体的态度和行为之间的关系尤其重要。这项研究探讨了在社交媒体上看到恐怖主义与穆斯林少数群体所感受到的污名化之间的关系。我们进一步调查了感知到的污名化如何转化为社交媒体行为，即与恐怖相关的在线自我披露和纠正有关宗教的虚假信息。一项针对德国穆斯林的调查（N = 432）表明，使用社交媒体获取有关恐怖主义的信息与感知到的污名化呈正相关。这种关系受到个人民族认同的调节，但不受宗教认同的调节。反过来，感知到的污名化又积极地预测了与恐怖相关的在线自我披露和对有关宗教的虚假信息的纠正。研究结果强调了社交媒体的使用对于少数族裔在面对恐怖时应对和维护其内部群体的作用。