Willegers, Stijn (2025) Changes in Policy Support After Reading About Refugees’ Involvement in Transgressions. Bachelor thesis, Psychology.
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Abstract
News media significantly influences public perceptions and political attitudes, with frequent reports of incidents involving refugees potentially altering existing views. Previous research indicates that negative framing of refugees in the news can reinforce negative attitudes towards immigration. This study aims to replicate and extend the study from Djaoedji (2024) by investigating how support for policies regarding refugees changed after exposure to an article of refugee involvement in transgressions. We first hypothesized that participants with a more right-wing political orientation will, after reading an article where the refugee is the perpetrator, increase their support for right-wing policies regarding refugees compared to participants with a more right-wing political orientation who read an article where the refugee is the victim. And then we hypothesized that participants with a more left-wing political orientation will, after reading an article where the refugee is the victim, increase their support for left-wing policies regarding refugees compared to participants with a more left-wing political orientation who read an article where the refugee is the perpetrator Using moderation analysis, the study examined the influence of political orientation and article condition (refugee as perpetrator vs. citizen as perpetrator) on support for left and right-wing policies. The hypotheses were not supported. However, exploratory findings revealed a significant interaction between political orientation and the perpetrator/victim identity on anger. Right-wing participants showed more anger after reading an article where refugees were the perpetrators and left-wing participants showed more anger after reading an article where refugees were the victims.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Bachelor) |
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| Supervisor name: | Gordijn, E.H. |
| Degree programme: | Psychology |
| Differentiation route: | None [Bachelor Psychology] |
| Date Deposited: | 23 Jul 2025 08:23 |
| Last Modified: | 23 Jul 2025 08:23 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/5682 |
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