Tone Matters: Effects of Exposure to Positive and Negative Tone of Television News Stories on Anti-Immigrant Attitudes and Carry-Over Effects to Uninvolved Immigrant Groups

Jacobs, Laura; Linden, Meta van der

doi:10.1093/ijpor/edw036

Cited by 26 publications

(34 citation statements)

References 48 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…It was found in Study 1 that exposure to positive LGBT content on TV had a positive effect on attitudes toward the LGBT community, a finding consistent with the literature (Fujioka, ). Even so, the finding that exposure to negative LGBT content on TV was positively related to attitudes toward the LGBT community is rather surprising, and contradicts previous studies (Jacobs & van der Linden, ). Study 2 revealed a few possible explanations for the positive effect of exposure to negative content on TV.…”

Section: Resultscontrasting

confidence: 84%

“…The positive effect of exposure to negative LGBT portrayals on attitudes toward the LGBT community as well as the positive STE of such exposure which were found in Study 1 deviate from the research literature (Fujioka, ; Jacobs & van der Linden, ). Accordingly, Study 2 attempts to reveal the hidden mechanisms of these effects, examining the parasocial experience and its interpretations by the viewers by using a qualitative methodology.…”

Section: Methodscontrasting

confidence: 92%

“…Bouman and colleagues (, ) found experimental evidence that exposure to a newspaper story involving a distant threat spreads to attitudes toward domestic immigrant groups. Jacobs and van der Linden () reported STE from exposure to news stories about North African immigrants affecting attitudes toward unrelated immigrant groups. As far as we know, the STE from exposure to out‐group portrayals in TV entertainment programs has yet to be examined.…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Predominance of negative exposure can be linked to negative intergroup attitudes, while mostly positive portrayals of specific groups generated more positive attitudes toward those groups. Accordingly viewers identified more strongly with liked and neutral characters than with disliked characters, and their parasocial relationships were stronger with liked and neutral characters than with disliked characters (Fujioka, ; Jacobs & van der Linden, ; Tian & Hoffner, ). Therefore quality should be differentiated from quantity of exposure to LGBT portrayals in TV programming.…”

Section: Studymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Several studies on STE found that positive and negative parasocial contact experiences with primary out‐groups yielded different STEs. Jacobs and Van der Linden () found that exposure to a positively valenced TV news story about a primary out‐group increased positive attitudes toward unrelated immigrant groups. However, the STE of exposure to the negatively valenced TV news was not found.…”

Section: Studymentioning

confidence: 99%

See 4 more Smart Citations

Is negative the new positive? Secondary transfer effect of exposure to LGBT portrayals in TV entertainment programs

Lissitsa

Kushnirovich

2019

J Applied Social Pyschol

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

This study investigates the primary effect of positive, neutral, and negative exposure to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) TV portrayals in entertainment programs on attitudes toward the LGBT community and the Secondary Transfer Effect (STE) of such exposure on attitudes toward people with Asperger's Disorder (the secondary out‐group), controlling for face‐to‐face and online contacts with both out‐groups. Research was conducted using a mixed methods approach. Quantitative Study 1 used an online survey of 716 Israeli Jews, to investigate primary and secondary effects of TV exposure to LGBT portrayals. The positive primary effect of TV exposure was shown—regardless of LGBT portrayals perceived as positive, neutral, or negative. STE of TV exposure to neutral and negative LGBT portrayals is likely to diminish social distance to people with Asperger's Disorder, while no STE was found with positive LGBT portrayals. Full mediation effect of attitudes toward the LGBT community was found. Qualitative Study 2, based on 52 in‐depth interviews, was conducted in order to reveal the hidden mechanisms of these effects, examining the parasocial experience and its interpretations by the viewers. According to qualitative findings, the positive primary and secondary effects of negative exposure may be explained by varied interpretations of gay portrayals on TV by different people depending on social background and life experience, opposite reaction on stereotypical gay portrayals on TV, and asymmetrical negative‐positive heuristic. Given the important role of TV in fostering more positive intergroup relations, this research revealed sources of prejudice reduction and increase in tolerance toward “others” for society at large.

show abstract

Section: Resultscontrasting

confidence: 84%

Section: Methodscontrasting

confidence: 92%

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Studymentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Studymentioning

confidence: 99%

See 3 more Smart Citations

Is negative the new positive? Secondary transfer effect of exposure to LGBT portrayals in TV entertainment programs

Lissitsa

Kushnirovich

2019

J Applied Social Pyschol

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

Contact with former adversaries through mass‐media is linked to forgiveness after dyadic and multi‐ethnic conflicts

Rupar

Graf

Voca

2022

Euro J Social Psych

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Four correlational studies (N Albanians = 232, N Serbs = 129, N Bosniaks = 147, N Croats = 367) and one experimental study (N Bosniaks = 682), investigated the link between massmediated contact (i.e., information about former adversaries from the mass media) and forgiveness towards former adversaries in post-conflict societies. Specifically, we tested the association between positive and negative mass-mediated contact with one former adversary and forgiveness towards this former adversary (i.e., a primary transfer effect, Studies 1-4) and another former adversary (i.e., a secondary transfer effect, Studies 2-4). Positive mass-mediated contact with one former adversary was linked to greater forgiveness towards that former adversary and another former adversary.Intergroup trust mediated the primary transfer effect of positive mass-mediated contact, whereas generalization of trust and forgiveness from one former adversary to another mediated the secondary transfer effect. Our results underline the important role of positive but not negative mass-mediated contact with former adversaries in reconciliation.

show abstract

A longitudinal test of secondary transfer effects of negative intergroup contact and mediating processes

Kauff

Kotzur

Assche

et al. 2023

Euro J Social Psych

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Positive intergroup contact has not only been shown to be positively associated with favourable attitudes towards members of the contacted group but also with attitudes towards members of secondary outgroups (secondary transfer effect, STE). Only a few studies have addressed a potential STE of negative intergroup contact (i.e., a generalization of negative contact experiences to secondary outgroups). Furthermore, longitudinal studies on STEs and on underlying mediation processes are lacking. In the present research, we investigated the existence of a STE for negative (and positive) intergroup contact in four longitudinal samples with three (Studies 1a and 1b) and two waves (Studies 2 and 3; Noverall = 2052, time lags between waves 2 to 12 months). Our studies did not provide robust evidence for a STE of negative (and positive) contact, nor for indirect STEs via attitude generalization, ingroup identification or diversity beliefs. We discuss implications and suggest avenues for future research.

show abstract

Tone Matters: Effects of Exposure to Positive and Negative Tone of Television News Stories on Anti-Immigrant Attitudes and Carry-Over Effects to Uninvolved Immigrant Groups

Cited by 26 publications

References 48 publications

Is negative the new positive? Secondary transfer effect of exposure to LGBT portrayals in TV entertainment programs

Is negative the new positive? Secondary transfer effect of exposure to LGBT portrayals in TV entertainment programs

Contact with former adversaries through mass‐media is linked to forgiveness after dyadic and multi‐ethnic conflicts

A longitudinal test of secondary transfer effects of negative intergroup contact and mediating processes

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About