Journal article

Publication year: 2013

Pages: 179-191

Journal: European Sociological Review

Volume number: 29

Issue number: 2

ISSN: 0266-7215

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1093/esr/jcr054

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Abstract: 
This study attempts to further our understanding of the contextual sources of anti-immigrant sentiments by simultaneously examining the impact of immigrant group size, negative immigration-related news reports and their interaction on natives' perceived group threat. We test our theoretical assumptions using repeated cross-sectional survey data from Spain during the time period 1996-2007, enriched with regional statistics on immigrant group size and information from a longitudinal content analysis of newspaper reports. Drawing on multilevel regression models, our findings show that a greater number of negative immigration-related news reports increases perceived group threat over and above the influence of immigrant group size. Additionally, our findings indicate that the impact of negative immigration-related news reports on perceived group threat is amplified (weakened) in regions with a smaller (larger) immigrant group size. Collectively, these results testify to the importance of immigrant group size and negative immigration-related news reports as key contextual sources of natives' perceived group threat.

Harvard Citation style: Schlüter, E. and Davidov, E. (2013) Contextual Sources of Perceived Group Threat: Negative Immigration-Related News Reports, Immigrant Group Size and their Interaction, Spain 1996-2007, European Sociological Review, 29(2), pp. 179-191. https://doi.org/10.1093/esr/jcr054

APA Citation style: Schlüter, E., & Davidov, E. (2013). Contextual Sources of Perceived Group Threat: Negative Immigration-Related News Reports, Immigrant Group Size and their Interaction, Spain 1996-2007. European Sociological Review. 29(2), 179-191. https://doi.org/10.1093/esr/jcr054