Samenvatting
The predominant frames in news media representations of migration issues shape attitudes towards refugees. Being mostly confronted with negative news frames, people may be less inclined to believe stories that stress positive aspects of immigration. However, the frames’ positive implementation hinges on their presumed credibility. The aim of this study is to better understand both how young and adult Flemings perceive dominant news frames concerning refugees and how they are affected by them. We distinguish between young people and adults since they differ in their news media use, news attitudes, and opinion towards refugees. Accordingly, a randomized, post-test, only between-subjects survey experiment was conducted (N = 2424). Our results show that young people are more receptive than adults to media messages, regardless of a positive or negative connotation. Furthermore, our study confirms that the perceived credibility of a news frame is associated with the audience’s attitudes to migration, since an audience demonstrates a clear tendency to only accept the relevant frames as true, if they align with their own views.
| Originele taal-2 | English |
|---|---|
| Pagina's (van-tot) | 479-494 |
| Aantal pagina's | 16 |
| Tijdschrift | European Journal of Communication |
| Volume | 37 |
| Nummer van het tijdschrift | 5 |
| DOI's | |
| Status | Published - okt. 2022 |
Bibliografische nota
Funding Information:The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This work was supported by the Belgian Science Policy Office (BELSPO), as part of the framework program BRAIN-be (Belgian Research Action Through Interdisciplinary Networks), under Grant BR/165/A4/IM²MEDIATE; and from the KU Leuven Research Council (grant number 3H170314, BR/165/A4/IM²MEDIATE).
Funding Information:
This research was supported by funding from the Belgian Science Policy Office (BELSPO), as part of the framework program BRAIN-be (Belgian Research Action Through Interdisciplinary Networks), under Grant BR/165/A4/IM²MEDIATE; and from the KU Leuven Research Council within the framework of the C2-research project FRIENDS under Grant 3H170314. The authors would like to thank all respondents who completed the questionnaire for their cooperation.
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