TY - JOUR
T1 - Public Reactions to Immigration in the U.S.
T2 - The Effects of Intergroup Contact and Political Orientation
AU - Yan, Xiaodi
AU - Bresnahan, Mary
AU - Zhu, Yi
AU - Hussain, Syed Ali
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 World Communication Association.
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - This study investigated people’s reactions to Muslim and Latinx immigrants in the U.S. participants with positive intergroup contact and who were politically liberal showed less intergroup anxiety, less realistic and symbolic threat, and more willingness to help immigrants. The frequency of contact and immigration issue salience were associated with the willingness to help. When participants perceived the source of a pro-immigration message to be trustworthy, they reported less realistic threats and more willingness to help. Participants had differential response to Latinx and Muslim immigrants. While participants associated more realistic threats with Latinx immigrants, more symbolic threat was associated with Muslim immigrants.
AB - This study investigated people’s reactions to Muslim and Latinx immigrants in the U.S. participants with positive intergroup contact and who were politically liberal showed less intergroup anxiety, less realistic and symbolic threat, and more willingness to help immigrants. The frequency of contact and immigration issue salience were associated with the willingness to help. When participants perceived the source of a pro-immigration message to be trustworthy, they reported less realistic threats and more willingness to help. Participants had differential response to Latinx and Muslim immigrants. While participants associated more realistic threats with Latinx immigrants, more symbolic threat was associated with Muslim immigrants.
KW - Intergroup anxiety
KW - Latinx and Muslim immigrants
KW - intergroup contact
KW - political orientation
KW - realistic and symbolic threat
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U2 - 10.1080/17475759.2021.1982751
DO - 10.1080/17475759.2021.1982751
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85115876743
SN - 1747-5759
VL - 51
SP - 42
EP - 57
JO - Journal of Intercultural Communication Research
JF - Journal of Intercultural Communication Research
IS - 1
ER -