Perceived threats and Latino immigrant attitudes: How White and African American college students respond to news coverage of Latino immigrants

Howard Journal of Communications

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 43-63

  Fujioka, Yuki ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Immigrant news; Integrated threat theory; Latino immigrant attitudes; Perceived accuracy; Perceived threats; Social identity theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951560908     PISSN: 10646175     EISSN: 10964649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10646175.2011.546743     Document Type: Article

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