Ethnicities and Conflict: A Survey Experiment on the Effect of Narrative Framing on Perceptions in Jos, Nigeria

Where ethnic violence divides groups by both religious and tribal affiliation, how does the ‘ethnic’ characterization of conflict affect perceptions crises? From a survey experiment in Jos, Nigeria, we find that priming respondents with versus frames leads to differently interpret causes violence, issues viewed as most salient cause religion important solution. The findings emphasize where more than one identity is conflict, take on different meaning depending individuals dimension local violence.