Political vs. Entertaining News: How Spanish-Language Cues in the Media Environment Shape Non-Hispanic Audiences’ Intergroup Attitudes

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Brief Overview

How does mediated contact with the Spanish language affect non-Hispanics’ intergroup attitudes? This paper examines the effects of entertainment and political news in Spanish, proposing that the effects vary for racial majority and minority groups.

Author

• Rebeca J. Agosto Rosa, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign