From worrying about terror to being convinced of the 'Muslim danger. A cross-sectional investigation of the association between exposure to terrorism news coverage, terrorism catastrophizing, and threat related attitudes towards Muslims

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作者：

Frissen, Thomas ^{[1
]}

Coppens, Tomas ^{[2
]}

Tobback, Lennart ^{[2
]}

d'Haenens, Leen ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Katholieke Univ Leuven, Fac Sociale Wetenschappen, Inst Mediastudies, Pk Str 45,POB 3603, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium

[2] Katholieke Univ Leuven, Pk Str 45,POB 3603, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium

来源：

TIJDSCHRIFT VOOR COMMUNICATIEWETENSCHAP | 2018年 / 46卷 / 03期

关键词：

terrorism news coverage; anti-muslim stereotypes; threat perceptions; integrated threat theory; media skepticism; MEDIA COVERAGE; RESPONSES; TRUST;

D O I：

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中图分类号：

G2 [信息与知识传播];

学科分类号：

05 ; 0503 ;

摘要：

News media coverage of terrorist acts has often been considered to be sensational, unbalanced, and stereotypical. Studies have shown that in the cases of Islamist-inspired terrorist acts, news media advance 'Muslims are dangerous'-stereotypes. It has been speculated that exposure to these sensational and stereotypical messages could affect a tendency to being overly cognitively preoccupied with the terrorist threat, i.e. terrorism catastrophizing. Subsequently, being overly cognitively preoccupied with the terrorist threat might be associated with an increased perceived threat towards Muslims. The current study set out to bring these speculations to the test by means of a cross-sectional survey study among secondary school students in Belgium (n = 708). Quantitative data analyses showed that exposure to terrorist news coverage was indeed associated with higher levels of terrorism catastrophizing, which in turn was associated with significant higher levels of perceived realistic and symbolic threat towards Muslims. Limitations and implications of the study are discussed.

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页数：22