Implicit and explicit attitudes toward Germany as news-choice predictors among Muslims with migration backgrounds living in Germany

Arendt, Florian und Karadas, Narin (2020): Implicit and explicit attitudes toward Germany as news-choice predictors among Muslims with migration backgrounds living in Germany. In: Communications-European Journal of Communication Research, Bd. 45, Nr. 4: S. 440-462

Abstract

The present study investigated whether implicit and explicit attitudes predict news choice among Muslims with migration backgrounds living in Germany. We used both attitude constructs to predict a selection bias for news about the same event stemming from the host country (Germany) vs. from other countries. Using a survey (N = 1,107), we found that favorable implicit and explicit attitudes toward Germany increased a participant's tendency to select German news. Each attitudinal construct predicted a unique variance in news choice. Using a subsample of Turkish citizens living in Germany who participated in the Turkish constitutional referendum 2017 (N = 241), we found that the attitude-based selection bias predicted their voting. We discuss implications for selective-exposure research and processes of integration.

• Dokumententyp: Zeitschriftenartikel
• Fakultät: Sozialwissenschaften > Kommunikationswissenschaft
• Themengebiete: 000 Informatik, Informationswissenschaft, allgemeine Werke > 070 Publizistische Medien, Journalismus, Verlagswesen
• ISSN: 0341-2059
• Sprache: Englisch