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- Title
Selective Exposure to Cable News and Immigration in the U.S.: The Relationship Between FOX News, CNN, and Attitudes Toward Mexican Immigrants.
- Authors
Gil de Zúñiga, Homero; Correa, Teresa; Valenzuela, Sebastian
- Abstract
In the past 2 decades, cable television and the Internet have greatly increased the availability of media content. The phenomenon has reinvigorated a longstanding debate about the effects of this media landscape, as people selectively get exposed to specific content. Based on U.S. national survey data, this article advances research in this area by analyzing the interplay between individuals' ideological predispositions, their selective exposure to cable news, and the relationship between selective exposure and their attitudes toward an issue with key policy-making implications: Mexican immigration. Results indicate conservative Republicans are more likely to watch FOX News, which is associated with negative perceptions of Mexican immigrants and higher support for restrictive immigration policies. Findings also suggest that liberals who get exposed to FOX News also show less support for Mexican immigration.
- Subjects
UNITED States; EMIGRATION &; immigration in the press; SELECTIVE exposure; HISPANIC Americans in the press; EMIGRATION &; immigration on television; FOX News; CONSERVATIVES; SOCIAL conditions of immigrants; IMMIGRANTS; LATIN Americans; SOCIAL history; ATTITUDE (Psychology)
- Publication
Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media, 2012, Vol 56, Issue 4, p597
- ISSN
0883-8151
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1080/08838151.2012.732138