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Implicit and Explicit Attitudes Toward Germany as News-Choice Predictors in Muslims With Migration Backgrounds Living in Germany

Fri, May 25, 17:00 to 18:15, Hilton Prague, Floor: M, Palmovka

Abstract

Previous selective-exposure research has shown that news choice is influenced by both automatic affective reactions (i.e., implicit attitudes) and overtly-expressed evaluations based on conscious reasoning (i.e., explicit attitudes). The present study investigated whether implicit and explicit attitudes predict news choice in Muslims with migration backgrounds living in Germany. We used both attitude constructs to predict a selection bias for news about the same event stemming from the host country (Germany) vs. from other countries. Using a survey (N = 1,107), we found that favorable implicit and explicit attitudes toward Germany increased a participant’s tendency to select German news. Each attitudinal construct predicted a unique variance in news choice. Using a subsample of Turkish citizens living in Germany who participated in the Turkish constitutional referendum 2017 (N = 241), we found that the attitude-based selection bias predicted their voting decision. We discuss implications for selective-exposure research and processes of integration.

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