Publication
Title
The impact of immigration news on anti-immigrant party support : unpacking agenda-setting and issue ownership effects over time
Author
Abstract
This study focuses on immigration news as driver of anti-immigrant party support. Predicting the poll results of the Dutch Freedom Party (PW), we distinguish between (a) general immigration news, news in which immigration is linked to (b) crime, (c) terrorism, or (d) the economy, and (e) immigration news in which the Freedom Party is mentioned explicitly. Focusing on the period 2004-2017, an extensive dataset has been generated using computer-assisted content analyses of media coverage (n =1,697,976), public opinion data, and real-world indicators. Time-series analyses demonstrate a positive impact of general immigration news on anti-immigrant party support - and not on the support for other parties. No media effects are found for the immigration sub-issues or the visibility of the Freedom Party in the news. However, the main competitor on the right side of the political spectrum - the Liberal Party (WD) - may also benefit from immigration news but only when it manages to be linked to the issue in the media coverage. Our results raise relevant questions about the preconditions of issue ownership effects, and show how issue ownership is a highly contested political asset in a fragmented and competitive multiparty system.
Language
English
Source (journal)
Journal of elections, public opinion and parties. - Place of publication unknown
Publication
Place of publication unknown : 2021
ISSN
1745-7289
1745-7297
DOI
10.1080/17457289.2019.1607863
Volume/pages
31 :1 (2021) , p. 97-118
ISI
000629765700006
Full text (Publisher's DOI)
UAntwerpen
Publication type
Subject
External links
Web of Science
Record
Identifier
Creation 12.03.2024
Last edited 13.03.2024
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