Recepción e impacto socio-cognitivo de las noticias sobre inmigración
- Igartua Perosanz, Juan José
- Muñiz, Carlos
- Otero Gutiérrez, José
- Cheng, Lifen
- Gómez-Isla, José
ISSN: 0213-4748, 1579-3680
Year of publication: 2008
Volume: 23
Issue: 1
Pages: 3-16
Type: Article
More publications in: International Journal of Social Psychology, Revista de Psicología Social
Abstract
The media performance is found to be an explanatory factor for the general rejection in the population toward immigration. However, there are very few studies focusing on reception or impact of the news on immigration. This paper is about an experimental study on socio-cognitive effects of the news on immigration, where 186 university students participated as experimental subjects. The news article used in the experiment mentioned information about the increasing immigration in Spain, highlighting, a) either the positive (economic contribution) or negative (growth of delinquency) consequences; and, b) information about the origin of the immigrants (Latin Americans vs. Moroccans). The results showed that the type of the news frame stressed in the report exerted significant socio-cognitive effects. A differential effect in terms of the origin of the immigrant characters is also observed.