Publication
Title
Tone matters : effects of exposure to positive and negative tone of television news stories on anti-immigrant attitudes and carry-over effects to uninvolved immigrant groups
Author
Abstract
The current experimental study (N = 546) compares the effect of exposure to a television news story with a positive and negative tone on anti-immigrant attitudes and carry-over effects to uninvolved immigrant groups. Results reveal that exposure to a "negatively" valenced news story about North African immigrants increased negative attitudes toward that same group. Importantly, however, we find carryover effects of exposure to a "positively" valenced news story about North African immigrants to attitudes toward uninvolved immigrant groups. Together, these findings show that the effect of exposure to television news tone has more ramifications than previously thought, and that the impact of exposure to a positive or negative news story differs for direct effects vis-a-vis carry-over effects.
Language
English
Source (journal)
International journal of public opinion research
Publication
2018
ISSN
0954-2892
DOI
10.1093/IJPOR/EDW036
Volume/pages
30 :2 (2018) , p. 211-232
ISI
000434804800003
Full text (Publisher's DOI)
UAntwerpen
Publication type
Subject
External links
Web of Science
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Last edited 13.03.2024
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