Change in anti‐COVID‐19 behaviour and anti‐immigrant prejudice during the COVID‐19 pandemic: Longitudinal evidence from five European countries

Zingora, Tibor; Birtel, Michèle D.; Graf, Sylvie; Hřebı́čková, Martina; Lacko, David; Rupar, Mirjana; Točík, Jaroslav; Voca, Shpend

doi:10.1002/ejsp.2928

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“…For instance, data from the Netherlands show a decline in disease concerns over the course of two years (from 2020 to 2022), but attitudes toward immigrants did not concurrently decline [ 16 ]. Likewise, fear of COVID-19 did not predict prejudice toward immigrants in data from five European countries in 2020 [ 17 ]. Whereas after COVID-19 started to spread, attitudes toward immigrants were more favorable among Californians [ 18 ] and attitudes toward asylum-seekers were more positive in a cohort of German men; [ 19 ] and in tweets from Turkey, negative sentiment toward refugees started to decline in association with quarantine-like restrictions in movement [ 20 ].…”

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The anatomy of prejudice during pandemic lockdowns: Evidence from a national panel study

Kempthorne,

Yogeeswaran,

Sibley

et al. 2024

PLoS ONE

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During the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, there was a spike in the reporting of hate crimes (Human Rights Watch, 2020). However, the extent to which the pandemic affected prejudice across a general population—not merely among those disposed to hate crimes—remains unclear. Also unclear is the extent to which prejudice was restricted to specific minority groups associated with the virus, or whether prejudice spilled over to other minority groups. To address these questions, we use panel data collected from participants in a large national longitudinal (panel) study of New Zealanders before and during the early COVID-19 pandemic and systematically quantified social warmth ratings across a broad range of minority-groups (The New Zealand Attitudes and Values Study, N = 30,327, years 2018–2020). We discover reduced warmth toward Chinese, Asians (broadly defined), immigrants, Muslims, refugees, Indians, and the mentally ill. In absolute terms, warmth towards Chinese decreased the most (0.11 SD). Notably, changes in warmth were not detected toward NZ Europeans, Māori, Pacific Islanders, the overweight, or the elderly. Overall, these findings suggest that in New Zealand, pandemic prejudice may spread beyond minority groups associated with the virus to other groups perceived as non-prototypical of national identity.

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The anatomy of prejudice during pandemic lockdowns: Evidence from a national panel study

Kempthorne,

Yogeeswaran,

Sibley

et al. 2024

PLoS ONE

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Media frames and images of Chinese immigrants: analyzing European newspaper narratives from 2015 to 2022

Gao,

Peng,

Zhang

2024

Humanit Soc Sci Commun

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The influx of Chinese immigrants into Europe has spawned varied media frames, shaping public perceptions and attitudes towards this demographic. The portrayal of Chinese immigrants in European newspapers has become a subject of socio-political discourse, necessitating exploring the predominant narratives within the media space. This study aims to unearth and analyze the prevailing frames used in European newspapers when reporting on Chinese immigrants from 2015 to 2022, elucidating the impact of these frames on the constructed images of Chinese immigrants in societal consciousness. Employing an inductive mixed-method computational approach (ANTMN) and leveraging the Lexis database, 360 news reports from European newspapers were analyzed using Latent Dirichlet Allocation (LDA) and Gibbs Sampling for topic modeling, semantic network procedures for network structure, and Louvain community detection algorithm for clustering consistent framework packages. The study identifies four primary frames—Integration, Social, Political, and Crime—each revealing a distinct narrative about Chinese immigrants. Furthermore, three predominant images of Chinese immigrants emerged: Failed Integrators, Targets of Political Attack, and Disruptors of Social Safety. Despite the decrease in the utilization of the Crime frame amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, an intensified prejudice against Chinese immigrants was noted. The identified frames and images have crucial implications on socio-political attitudes and policies concerning immigrants, emphasizing the necessity to address the media’s role in potentially perpetuating stereotypes and biases, thereby influencing societal coherence and policy approaches toward immigration.

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Induced gratitude and hope, and experienced fear, but not experienced disgust, facilitate COVID-19 prevention

Russell

Frackowiak

Cohen‐Chen

et al. 2023

Cognition and Emotion

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Change in anti‐COVID‐19 behaviour and anti‐immigrant prejudice during the COVID‐19 pandemic: Longitudinal evidence from five European countries

Cited by 4 publications

References 95 publications

The anatomy of prejudice during pandemic lockdowns: Evidence from a national panel study

The anatomy of prejudice during pandemic lockdowns: Evidence from a national panel study

Media frames and images of Chinese immigrants: analyzing European newspaper narratives from 2015 to 2022

Induced gratitude and hope, and experienced fear, but not experienced disgust, facilitate COVID-19 prevention

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