Media and Public Attitudes Toward Migration in Europe: A Comparative Approach

Abstract

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Illustrations -- List of Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Part I Introduction -- 1 Setting the Stage: Understanding Media Discourses About and Public Attitudes Toward Migration in Europe -- Introduction -- The Pictures in Our Heads and How These Are Shaped -- Purpose and Research Questions -- Immigration Within and Into the Eu -- Refugee Immigration to the Eu -- Taking Stock: What We Do Not Know About Public Perceptions of and Attitudes Toward Migration, the Media... -- Public Attitudes Toward Immigration -- Media Discourses About Migration -- Media Effects On Attitudes Toward Migration -- Introducing the Countries -- Germany -- Hungary -- Poland -- Spain -- Sweden -- The United Kingdom -- Outline of the Book -- Notes -- References -- 2 How to Investigate Media Discourse About and Public Attitudes Toward Migration in Europe: Our Approach -- Introduction -- How We Measured Media Discourses -- Identifying Media Frames and Sentiment -- How We Measured Public Attitudes -- How We Estimated Media Effects -- The Linkage Approach -- The Survey Experiment -- Methodological Challenges -- Migration: A Challenging Concept -- European Country-Comparative Context -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Part II Public Attitudes Toward migration Within and Into Europe -- 3 Mapping Public Attitudes Toward Immigration Within and Into Europe -- Introduction -- The Structure(s) of Immigration Attitudes -- Attitudes Toward Different Groups of Immigrants -- Attitudes Based On Different Considerations Regarding Immigration -- Consistency of Immigration Attitude Dimensions Across Countries Or Over Time -- Methods -- Results -- Discussion -- References -- 4 The Influence of Self-Interested and Sociotropic Perceptions On Immigration Attitudes -- Introduction.