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The Influence of News Media on Stereotypic Attitudes Toward Immigrants in a Political Campaign: Influence of News Media on Stereotypes
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This study investigates media effects on stereotypic attitudes toward immigrants in a political campaign that dealt with the naturalization of immigrants. By combining a content analysis of the campaign coverage with a 2-wave panel survey, the study found that negative news portrayals of immigrants increased stereotypic attitudes in the public in the course of the campaign. Additionally, the frequent exposure to positive news portrayals of immigrants reduced the activation of negative outgroup attitudes. However, these findings are contingent on people's issue-specific knowledge. Only people with low to moderate knowledge were influenced by negative and positive news stories about immigrants in the campaign. Well-informed people were resistant to the effects of positive and news portrayals of immigrants.
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“Ideological climate, including political narratives and media reporting on immigration issues, and a nation's policies and practices surrounding immigration may all influence prejudice toward immigrants (Messing & Ságvári 2019, Schemer 2012, Wirz et al. 2018).”
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- Authors
- Schemer, C.
- Affiliations
- University of Zurich (CH)
- Corresponding author
- Schemer, Christian
- ORCID
- Schemer, Christian
- Venue
- Journal of Communication
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 2012-08-28
- Volume
- 62
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 739-757
- ISSN
- 0021-9916 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W1893084226
- Cited by
- 281
- References
- 44
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- FWCI
- 20.66
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
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- Locations
- Journal of Communication (publishedVersion)
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- Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich)
- Funders
- National Science Foundation
- Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Communication › News Media Framing and Political Communication
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Social and Intergroup Psychology
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Migration, Refugees, and Integration
- Keywords
- news media influence, stereotypes of immigrants, political campaigns, naturalization, news framing, outgroup attitudes, issue knowledge, media exposure, campaign coverage
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