Immigration opposition among U.S. whites: General ethnocentrism or media priming of attitudes about latinos?

Political Psychology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 149-166

  Valentino, Nicholas A ^a   Brader, Ted ^a   Jardina, Ashley E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnocentrism; Immigration; Latinos; Media priming

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875579205     PISSN: 0162895X     EISSN: 14679221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9221.2012.00928.x     Document Type: Article

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