This volume addresses the role of communication in stereotype dynamics, while placing the phenomenon of social stereotypes appropriately in the socio-cultural context.

Y. Kashima, K. Fiedler,P. Freytag, Stereotype Dynamics: An Introduction and Overview.Part1.Stereotype Dynamics. G. Semin, Stereotypes in the Wild. V. Yzerbyt,A. Carnaghi, Stereotype Change in the Social Context. A. Lyons, A. Clark, Y. Kashima,T. Kurz, Cultural Dynamics of Stereotyping. Part2.Symbolic Mediation and Stereotyping. K. Fiedler, M. Blümke, P. Freytag, S. Koch,C. Unkelbach, A Semiotic Approach to Understanding the Role of Communication in Stereotyping. A. Carnaghi,A. Maass, Derogatory Language in Intergroup Context: Are "Gay" and "Fag" Synonymous? S. Sczesny, J. Bosak, A.B. Diekman,J. Twenge, Dynamics of Sex Role Stereotypes.Part3.Stereotype and Language Use. C. Wenneker,D. Wigboldus, Interpersonal Consequences and Intrapersonal Underpinnings of the Linguistic Expectancy Bias. K.M. Douglas, R.M. Sutton,C. McGarty, Strategic Language Use in Interpersonal and Intergroup Communication. P. Freytag, Sender-Receiver-Constellations as a Moderator of Linguistic Abstraction Biases. Part4.Stereotype Sharedness and Distinctiveness. M. Karasawa,S. Suga, Retention and Transmission of Socially Shared Beliefs: The Role of Linguistic Abstraction in Stereotypic Communication. O. Klein, S. Tindale,M. Brauer, The Consensualization of Stereotypes in Small Groups. F. Pratto, P.J. Hegarty,J.D. Korchmaros, How Communication Practices and Category Norms Lead People to Stereotype Particular People and Groups. Part5.Identity, Self-Regulation, and Stereotyping. M. Hornsey, Intergroup Sensitivity Effect: Responses to Criticisms of Groups. R.M. Sutton, K.M. Douglas, T.J. Elder,M. Tarrant, Social Identity and Social Convention in Responses to Criticisms of Groups. J. Keller,H. Bless, Communicating Stereotype Expectancies: The Interplay of Stereotype Threat and Regulatory Focus.