Knowledge, risk perceptions, and xenophobic attitudes: Evidence from Italy during the Ebola outbreak

G Prati, L Pietrantoni - Risk Analysis, 2016‏ - Wiley Online Library
The purposes of the current study were twofold:(1) to investigate affective and cognitive
responses and social‐contextual factors related to Ebola and their intercorrelations in a …

It's the frame that matters: Immigrant integration and media framing effects in the Netherlands

L Bos, S Lecheler, M Mewafi, R Vliegenthart - International Journal of …, 2016‏ - Elsevier
In the past years the Netherlands have witnessed turbulent debates on immigration and
integration, characterized by high levels of negativity and containing a variety of different …

Media portrayals of immigration and refugees in hard and fake news and their impact on consumer attitudes

C Wright, R Brinklow-Vaughn, K Johannes… - Howard Journal of …, 2021‏ - Taylor & Francis
This study examined the effect of media portrayals of immigrants and refugees on
participants' attitudes using an experimental design. Participants included 196 male and …

Xenophobic Trumpeters: A corpus-assisted discourse study of Donald Trump's Facebook conversations

N Knoblock - Journal of Language Aggression and Conflict, 2017‏ - jbe-platform.com
Immigration has been and remains a conspicuous topic in American political debate, and
the ongoing refugee crisis in Europe, exasperated by the Syrian conflict, has brought the …

The influence of media portrayals of immigration and refugees on consumer attitudes: A experimental design

CL Wright, T DeFrancesco, C Hamilton… - Howard Journal of …, 2020‏ - Taylor & Francis
The current study examined media portrayals of immigrants and refugees and participants
attitudes regarding immigrants, immigration policy, and Islamophobia using an experimental …

More pressing matters: Can priority reorientation beat online misinformation?

A Abdul Reda, A Alkhonin - Journal of Computational Social Science, 2025‏ - Springer
When can misinformation fail to become viral, and what does this tell us about the things we
can do to defeat it? Today, misinformation on social media is a serious problem. Much has …

[HTML][HTML] Silent majority or vocal minority: A corpus-assisted discourse study of trump supporters' Facebook communication

N Knoblock - Open Library of Humanities, 2020‏ - olh.openlibhums.org
The topic of immigration remains contentious in American political debate, and it played a
prominent role in the presidential campaign of 2016, being exploited by presidential …

The different dimensions of risk perception: The role of individual traits and watching TV

S Tartaglia, S Gattino, AAB Caterina - Psihologija, 2019‏ - ceeol.com
The goal of this study was to investigate the relation between watching various types of TV
programs and risk perception. Because risk perception is a complex phenomenon, we …

Parasocial While Meaningful: How Does Exposure to Foreign Cultures Affect One's Opinion of Foreign Countries?

G Chen - 2022‏ - scholarworks.gsu.edu
This dissertation attempts to study how exposure to foreign cultures affects one's opinion of
foreign countries. According to the parasocial contact theory, indirect mediated contact with …

Attitudes toward refugees in the Italian context

S Tartaglia, E Bergagna, C Rollero - Psicologia di comunità: gruppi …, 2020‏ - torrossa.com
Considering the concern over the rising xenophobia, it is particularly relevant investigating
attitudes toward refugees in the Italian population. Within literature, a considerable amount …