%0 Journal Article
%T Combined Forces: Thinking and/or Feeling? How News Consumption Affects Anti
%A Laura Jacobs
%A Mark Boukes
%A Rens Vliegenthart
%J Political Studies
%@ 1467-9248
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/0032321718765696
%X This study develops a model that contributes to our understanding of the complex relationship between economic motivations and anti-Muslim attitudes by analyzing the underexplored role of news consumption. Using a large-scale Dutch panel dataset (n = 2694), we test a structural equation model theoretically grounded in group conflict theory, in which the relationship between news consumption and anti-Muslim attitudes is mediated by perceptions and emotions about the economy. Findings offer sound empirical support for the hypothesized model: news consumption increases pessimistic economic perceptions and negative emotions about the economy, which in turn strengthens anti-Muslim attitudes. The mechanism, however, largely depends on the type of news outlet and genre: watching television seems more decisive than reading newspapers; moreover, especially exposure to soft and popular news formats plays a dominant role
%K news consumption
%K anti-immigrant attitudes
%K economic motivations
%K structural equation modeling
%K panel survey
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0032321718765696