Unpacking Attitudes on Immigrants and Refugees: A Focus on Household Composition and News Media Consumption
This study examines how household composition and news media consumption and trust are related to attitudes towards two minority groups—immigrants and refugees—in a representative sample of the adult population (n = 6000) in Belgium, Sweden, France, and the Netherlands. We find that Swedes hold the...
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| author | David De Coninck Koen Matthijs Marlies Debrael Rozane De Cock Leen d'Haenens |
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| description | This study examines how household composition and news media consumption and trust are related to attitudes towards two minority groups—immigrants and refugees—in a representative sample of the adult population (n = 6000) in Belgium, Sweden, France, and the Netherlands. We find that Swedes hold the most positive attitudes towards both groups, while the French are found to be most negative. The Belgians and Dutch hold moderate attitudes. There is also evidence that attitudes on refugees are more negative than attitudes on immigrants in Sweden and France, but not in Belgium and the Netherlands. Using structural equation modeling, we find that household composition is not directly related to attitudes, but indirect effects through socio-economic status and media consumption indicate that singles hold more negative attitudes than couples. Public television consumption, popular online news consumption, and trust in media are positively related to attitudes, whereas commercial television consumption is negatively associated with them. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-aaaff8df4c944146a68e439d5ba8d23d2022-12-22T02:13:44ZengCogitatioMedia and Communication2183-24392019-02-0171435510.17645/mac.v7i1.1599953Unpacking Attitudes on Immigrants and Refugees: A Focus on Household Composition and News Media ConsumptionDavid De Coninck0Koen Matthijs1Marlies Debrael2Rozane De Cock3Leen d'Haenens4Centre for Sociological Research, KU Leuven, BelgiumCentre for Sociological Research, KU Leuven, BelgiumInstitute for Media Studies, KU Leuven, BelgiumInstitute for Media Studies, KU Leuven, BelgiumInstitute for Media Studies, KU Leuven, BelgiumThis study examines how household composition and news media consumption and trust are related to attitudes towards two minority groups—immigrants and refugees—in a representative sample of the adult population (n = 6000) in Belgium, Sweden, France, and the Netherlands. We find that Swedes hold the most positive attitudes towards both groups, while the French are found to be most negative. The Belgians and Dutch hold moderate attitudes. There is also evidence that attitudes on refugees are more negative than attitudes on immigrants in Sweden and France, but not in Belgium and the Netherlands. Using structural equation modeling, we find that household composition is not directly related to attitudes, but indirect effects through socio-economic status and media consumption indicate that singles hold more negative attitudes than couples. Public television consumption, popular online news consumption, and trust in media are positively related to attitudes, whereas commercial television consumption is negatively associated with them.https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/1599attitudeshousehold compositionimmigrantnews media consumptionmedia trustrefugeessocio-economic status |
| spellingShingle | David De Coninck Koen Matthijs Marlies Debrael Rozane De Cock Leen d'Haenens Unpacking Attitudes on Immigrants and Refugees: A Focus on Household Composition and News Media Consumption Media and Communication attitudes household composition immigrant news media consumption media trust refugees socio-economic status |
| title | Unpacking Attitudes on Immigrants and Refugees: A Focus on Household Composition and News Media Consumption |
| title_full | Unpacking Attitudes on Immigrants and Refugees: A Focus on Household Composition and News Media Consumption |
| title_fullStr | Unpacking Attitudes on Immigrants and Refugees: A Focus on Household Composition and News Media Consumption |
| title_full_unstemmed | Unpacking Attitudes on Immigrants and Refugees: A Focus on Household Composition and News Media Consumption |
| title_short | Unpacking Attitudes on Immigrants and Refugees: A Focus on Household Composition and News Media Consumption |
| title_sort | unpacking attitudes on immigrants and refugees a focus on household composition and news media consumption |
| topic | attitudes household composition immigrant news media consumption media trust refugees socio-economic status |
| url | https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/1599 |
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