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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. Psychol.

Scope

Article

Nature

Científica

JCR Quartile

4

SJR Quartile

3

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