Media and Public Attitudes Toward Migration in Europe: A Comparative Approach

Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
List of Illustrations
List of Contributors
Acknowledgements
Part I Introduction
	1 Setting the Stage: Understanding Media Discourses About and Public Attitudes Toward Migration in Europe
		Introduction
		The Pictures in Our Heads and How These Are Shaped
		Purpose and Research Questions
		Immigration Within and Into the Eu
		Refugee Immigration to the Eu
		Taking Stock: What We Do Not Know About Public Perceptions of and Attitudes Toward Migration, the Media...
			Public Attitudes Toward Immigration
			Media Discourses About Migration
			Media Effects On Attitudes Toward Migration
		Introducing the Countries
		Germany
		Hungary
		Poland
		Spain
		Sweden
		The United Kingdom
		Outline of the Book
		Notes
		References
	2 How to Investigate Media Discourse About and Public Attitudes Toward Migration in Europe: Our Approach
		Introduction
		How We Measured Media Discourses
			Identifying Media Frames and Sentiment
		How We Measured Public Attitudes
		How We Estimated Media Effects
			The Linkage Approach
			The Survey Experiment
		Methodological Challenges
			Migration: A Challenging Concept
			European Country-Comparative Context
		Conclusion
		Notes
		References
Part II Public Attitudes Toward migration Within and Into Europe
	3 Mapping Public Attitudes Toward Immigration Within and Into Europe
		Introduction
		The Structure(s) of Immigration Attitudes
			Attitudes Toward Different Groups of Immigrants
			Attitudes Based On Different Considerations Regarding Immigration
			Consistency of Immigration Attitude Dimensions Across Countries Or Over Time
		Methods
		Results
		Discussion
		References
	4 The Influence of Self-Interested and Sociotropic Perceptions On Immigration Attitudes
		Introduction
		Explaining Self-Interested and Sociotropic Policy Preferences
			Why Do People Form Policy Preferences Beyond Their Self-Interest?
			Empirical Evidence for Self-Interested and Sociotropic Policy Choices
			How Are Self-Interest and Sociotropic Reasoning Related to Immigration?
		Method
		Results
		Discussion
		References
	5 Mobile in Europe: Effects of Mobility Attitudes and Experiences On Attitudes Toward freedom of Movement
		Introduction
		Freedom of Movement
		Explaining Freedom of Movement Support
		Mobility Attitudes As a Predictor of Freedom of Movement Support
		Mobility Experiences As a Predictor of Freedom of Movement Support
			Outward Versus Inward Free Movement Support
			The Effect of ‘mobility Attitudes’ On Free Movement Support Across Countries
		Data and Methods
			Dependent Variables
			Independent Variables
			Control Variables and Model Specification
		Results
		Discussion
		Notes
		References
Part III Media Discourse About Migration Within and Into Europe
	6 Mapping Media Coverage of Migration Within and Into Europe
		Introduction
		Understanding Migration Coverage
			The Salience of Migration Coverage
			The Framing of Migration Coverage
			Migration Coverage and Political Bias
		Data and Analyses
		Results
			Exploring the Political Bias in Framing of Migration Coverage
		Discussion and Conclusion
		Notes
		References
	7 Linguistic Features of Migration Coverage in European Mass Media
		Introduction
		Theoretical Reflection On Language Use in Migration Discourse
			The (critical) Discourse-Analytical Approach
			Power, Prejudice in Migration Discourses
		Linguistic Features in Migration Discourse
		Country-comparative Corpus Linguistics
		Data and Methods
			Text Corpus
			Linguistic Analysis With Multilingual Data
			Corpus Linguistics
		Results
		Discussion
		Notes
		References
	8 Political Elites’ Migration Discourses On Social Media
		Introduction
		Political Elites’ Communication On Social Media
			The Salience of Political Elites’ Social Media Communication On Migration
			The Framing of Political Elites’ Social Media Communication On Migration
			The Interactivity in Political Elites’ Social Media Communication On Migration
		Data and Methods
		Results
		Conclusion and Discussion
		Notes
		References
Part IV Media Effects On Public Attitudes Toward Migration Within and Into Europe
	9 Media Effects On Attitudes Toward Immigration: Political Sophistication As a Shield
		Introduction
		How Migration Media Salience May Affect Immigration Attitudes
		How Migration Media Sentiment May Affect Immigration Attitudes
		How Migration Media Coverage May Influence Some More Than Others
		Data and Methods
		Results
		Conclusion and Discussion
		References
	10 Miscounting the Others: Media Effects On Perceptions of the Immigrant Population Size
		Introduction
		Innumeracy in the Public
		The Role of the Media in Innumeracy
		Methods and Data Analysis
		Results
		Discussion
		References
	11 How News Frames Affect immigration Attitudes: Perceptions and Emotions As Underpinning Mechanisms?
		Introduction
		Framing Effects On Attitudes Toward Immigration: Previous Research and Central Research Gaps
		Perceptions and Emotions As Mechanisms Explaining Framing Effects
		Cross-national Variation?
		Method
			Procedure
			The Articles
			Measures
			Randomisation and Manipulation Checks
			Data Analysis
		Results
			Cross-national Variations?
		Conclusion
		Acknowledgements
		Notes
		References
Part V Conclusions
	12 Summary and Conclusions: Media Discourses About and Public Attitudes...
		Introduction
		Public Attitudes Toward Migration: Summary and Findings
		Media Discourses About Migration: Summary and Findings
		Media Effects On Attitudes Toward Migration: Summary and Findings
		Lessons Learned: Implications for Stakeholders
		References
Index