Television news consumption and public attitudes towards immigration: a multi-level approach / Consumo de información televisiva y actitudes publicas hacia la inmigración: un enfoque multinivel
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Television news consumption and public attitudes towards immigration: a multi-level approach / Consumo de información televisiva y actitudes publicas hacia la inmigración: un enfoque multinivel
This paper analyses the association between TV news consumption and public attitudes towards immigration. A multi-level model is used to study the complex relationship between TV news consumption, how the media treat immigration and public attitudes towards minority groups based on a survey of university students. Multi-level analysis results show the impact of aggregate consumption of TV news on the perception of the current immigration phenomenon and the cognitive/affective components of attitude. It also demonstrates the usefulness of this analytical approach for understanding the processes that describe the relationship between the media and attitudes towards immigration.
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