Publication
Title
The impact of cultural, economic, and safety issues in Flemish television news coverage (2003-13) of North African immigrants on perceptions of intergroup threat
Author
Abstract
The current research examines television news as a contextual determinant of intergroup threat from North African immigrants in Flanders (i.e. the northern part of Belgium). We content analyse the prevalence of intergroup threats in television news over an eleven-year period (2003-13), and take an experimental approach to examine the impact of these threatening news stories on perceived threats from North African immigrants. The content analysis revealed that (combinations of) safety and cultural issues were widespread in television news content. Experimental evidence showed that exposure to safety and cultural issues in news content increased perceptions of safety and cultural threat accordingly, but exposure to economic issues revealed no effect for economic threat. We conclude by emphasizing the potential of television news content in affecting perceptions of intergroup threat, particularly for those threats which are commonly present in the news and readily accessible in natives' minds.
Language
English
Source (journal)
Ethnic and racial studies. - London
Publication
London : 2017
ISSN
0141-9870 [print]
1466-4356 [online]
DOI
10.1080/01419870.2016.1229492
Volume/pages
40 :15 (2017) , p. 2823-2841
ISI
000416528600011
Full text (Publisher's DOI)
UAntwerpen
Publication type
Subject
External links
Web of Science
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Creation 12.03.2024
Last edited 13.03.2024
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