Social media and anti-immigrant prejudice: a multi-method analysis of the role of social media use, threat perceptions, and cognitive ability

The discourse on immigration and immigrants is central to contemporary political and public discussions. Analyzing online conversations about immigrants provides valuable insights into public opinion, complemented by data from questionnaires on how attitudes are formed.

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Main Authors: Saifuddin Ahmed, Jaidka, Kokil, Chen, Vivian Hsueh-Hua, Cai, Mengxuan, Chen, Anfan, Emes, Claire Stravato, Yu, Valerie, Chib, Arul
Other Authors: Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: 2024
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10356/178792
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Jaidka, Kokil
Chen, Vivian Hsueh-Hua
Cai, Mengxuan
Chen, Anfan
Emes, Claire Stravato
Yu, Valerie
Chib, Arul
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spelling ntu-10356/1787922024-07-07T15:32:51Z Social media and anti-immigrant prejudice: a multi-method analysis of the role of social media use, threat perceptions, and cognitive ability Saifuddin Ahmed Jaidka, Kokil Chen, Vivian Hsueh-Hua Cai, Mengxuan Chen, Anfan Emes, Claire Stravato Yu, Valerie Chib, Arul Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information Social Sciences Realistic threat Emotion The discourse on immigration and immigrants is central to contemporary political and public discussions. Analyzing online conversations about immigrants provides valuable insights into public opinion, complemented by data from questionnaires on how attitudes are formed. Ministry of Education (MOE) Published version This work was supported by the Ministry of Education in Singapore (grant number MOE2017-T2-2-145). The publication of the article was supported by the NUS Centre for Trusted Internet and Community (grant number A-0003503-14-00). 2024-07-05T02:28:23Z 2024-07-05T02:28:23Z 2024 Journal Article Saifuddin Ahmed, Jaidka, K., Chen, V. H., Cai, M., Chen, A., Emes, C. S., Yu, V. & Chib, A. (2024). Social media and anti-immigrant prejudice: a multi-method analysis of the role of social media use, threat perceptions, and cognitive ability. Frontiers in Psychology, 15, 1280366-. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1280366 1664-1078 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/178792 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1280366 38544515 2-s2.0-85189030221 15 1280366 en MOE2017-T2-2-145 A-0003503-14-00 Frontiers in Psychology © 2024 Ahmed, Jaidka, Chen, Cai, Chen, Emes, Yu and Chib. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. application/pdf
spellingShingle Social Sciences
Realistic threat
Emotion
Saifuddin Ahmed
Jaidka, Kokil
Chen, Vivian Hsueh-Hua
Cai, Mengxuan
Chen, Anfan
Emes, Claire Stravato
Yu, Valerie
Chib, Arul
Social media and anti-immigrant prejudice: a multi-method analysis of the role of social media use, threat perceptions, and cognitive ability
title Social media and anti-immigrant prejudice: a multi-method analysis of the role of social media use, threat perceptions, and cognitive ability
title_full Social media and anti-immigrant prejudice: a multi-method analysis of the role of social media use, threat perceptions, and cognitive ability
title_fullStr Social media and anti-immigrant prejudice: a multi-method analysis of the role of social media use, threat perceptions, and cognitive ability
title_full_unstemmed Social media and anti-immigrant prejudice: a multi-method analysis of the role of social media use, threat perceptions, and cognitive ability
title_short Social media and anti-immigrant prejudice: a multi-method analysis of the role of social media use, threat perceptions, and cognitive ability
title_sort social media and anti immigrant prejudice a multi method analysis of the role of social media use threat perceptions and cognitive ability
topic Social Sciences
Realistic threat
Emotion
url https://hdl.handle.net/10356/178792
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