Dramatic Real-world Events and Public Opinion Dynamics: Media Coverage and its Impact on Public Reactions to an Assassination

While much research has been done on the effect of crisis events on public opinion, not much has been done on the role that the media has in mediating these events. The authors look at the effect of the media in crisis events by measuring anti-immigration attitudes in Holland before & after the...

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Published in:International journal of public opinion research 2007-10, Vol.19 (3), p.354-366
Main Authors: Boomgaarden, Hajo G., de Vreese, Claes H.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Assassination
Mass Media Effects
Media
Netherlands
News
Public Opinion
Social research
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Summary:While much research has been done on the effect of crisis events on public opinion, not much has been done on the role that the media has in mediating these events. The authors look at the effect of the media in crisis events by measuring anti-immigration attitudes in Holland before & after the assassination of Theo van Gogh by a Muslim extremist. The authors found that from their pool of 276 Dutch undergraduate students, those with greater media exposure following the van Gogh assassination had stronger anti-immigrant sentiments. Tables, Figures, References. C. Adcock
ISSN:0954-2892
1471-6909
DOI:10.1093/ijpor/edm012