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Television news consumption and public attitudes towards immigration: a multi-level approach

Authors

ÁLVAREZ GÁLVEZ, JAVIER

External publication

No

Means

Int. J. Soc. Psy.

Scope

Article

Nature

Científica

JCR Quartile

SJR Quartile

JCR Impact

0.286

SJR Impact

0.295

Publication date

02/09/2014

ISI

000346346200001

Scopus Id

2-s2.0-84938809835

Abstract

This paper analyses the association between TV news consumption and public attitudes towards immigration. A multi-level model is used to study the complex relationship between TV news consumption, how the media treat immigration and public attitudes towards minority groups based on a survey of university students. Multi-level analysis results show the impact of aggregate consumption of TV news on the perception of the current immigration phenomenon and the cognitive/affective components of attitude. It also demonstrates the usefulness of this analytical approach for understanding the processes that describe the relationship between the media and attitudes towards immigration.

Keywords

multi-level models; immigration; attitudes; mass media; media context