Immigration Opinion and the Information Environment: the Effects of Local Media and Individual Characteristics

• In Event: Immigrants, (Social) Media Portrayal, and (Social) Media Use in Comparative Perspective

Brief Overview

I analyze how media exposure, content, and their interaction, affect opinion about immigration. Using ANES panel data of 1992-94, 2001-02 and 2008-10, the analysis evaluates opinion change during opinion formation and after opinion crystallization.

Author

• Christopher Muste, University of Montana