Exposure to Immigration in the News: The Impact of Group-Level Emotions on Intergroup Behavior

Communication Research

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 817-840

  Seate, Anita Atwell ^a   Mastro, Dana ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

BIAS map; immigration; intergroup communication; intergroup emotions theory; media effects; stereotype content model

Indexed keywords

EID: 85025133660     PISSN: 00936502     EISSN: 15523810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0093650215570654     Document Type: Article

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