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Zitierlink DOI
10.26092/elib/2359
Verlagslink DOI
10.1093/esr/jcab063

Diverse Effects of Mass Media on Concerns about Immigration: New Evidence from Germany, 2001–2016

Veröffentlichungsdatum
2021-12-18
Autoren
Erhard, Lukas  
Heiberger, Raphael  
Windzio, Michael  
Zusammenfassung
Media discourse is often seen as an important condition of people’s attitudes and perceptions. Despite a rich literature, however, it is not well understood how media exposure influences attitudes towards immigrants. In contrast to previous studies, we argue that people rely on ‘availability heuristics’ shaped by mass media. From that point of view, it is the specific content of media discourse on immigration that affects people’s concerns. We use structural topic models to classify media content of more than 24,000 articles of leading German newspapers from 2001 to 2016. Utilizing linear fixed-effects models allows us to relate a person’s concern towards immigration, as reported in the German Socioeconomic Panel, to prevalent topics discussed in print media while controlling for several confounding factors (e.g., party preferences, interest in politics, etc.). We find a robust relationship between topic salience and attitudes towards integration. Our results reveal that specific topics with negative contents (e.g., domestic violence) increase concerns, while others (e.g., scientific studies, soccer) decrease concerns substantially, underlining the importance of available information provided by media. In addition, people with higher education are generally less affected by media salience of topics.
Schlagwörter
immigration

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Germany

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Mass Media

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Concerns
Verlag
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Institution
Universität Bremen  
Fachbereich
Zentrale Wissenschaftliche Einrichtungen und Kooperationen  
Institute
Forschungszentrum Ungleichheit und Sozialpolitik (SOCIUM)  
Dokumenttyp
Artikel/Aufsatz
Zeitschrift/Sammelwerk
European Sociological Review  
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Endseite
647
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Englisch
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