Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/282808 
Year of Publication: 
2023
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 16681
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
This paper investigates the effect of media coverage on immigration attitudes. It combines data on immigration coverage in French television with individual panel data from 2013 to 2017 that records respondents' preferred television channel and attitudes toward immigration. The analysis focuses on within-individual variations over time, addressing ideological self-selection into channels. We find that increased coverage of immigration polarizes attitudes, with initially moderate individuals becoming more likely to report extremely positive and negative attitudes. This polarization is mainly driven by an increase in the salience of immigration, which reactivates preexisting prejudices, rather than persuasion effects from biased news consumption.
Subjects: 
immigration
media
polarization
salience
JEL: 
D8
F22
L82
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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