The effects of negative and positive information on attitudes towards immigration
| Published date | 01 August 2022 |
| Author | Akira Igarashi,Yoshikuni Ono |
| Date | 01 August 2022 |
| DOI | http://doi.org/10.1111/imig.12916 |
International Migration. 2022;60:137–149.
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INTRODUCTION
Social and political issues concerning immigrants and ethnic/racial minorities are becoming more salient as the
number of immigr ants is growing rapid ly in many developed count ries. As diversit y increases, so too do i ntergroup
interactio ns and tensions within the hos t society. It appears that th e negative aspects of inter group relations be-
tween natives a nd immigrants have contribut ed to many of the recent political de velopments around the worl d,
Received: 20 Oc tober 2020
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Revised: 3 August 2 021
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Accepted: 4 Augus t 2021
DOI: 10 .1111/imig .12916
ORIGINAL ARTICLE
The effects of negative and positive information
on attitudes towards immigration
Akira Igarashi1| Yoshikuni Ono2
© 2021 The Author s. Internationa l Migration © 2021 Inter national Organiz ation for Migratio n.
1Center for Statistics and Information,
Rikkyo University, Toshima- ku, Japan
2Waseda Univer sity, Shinjuku- ku, Tokyo,
Japan
Correspondence
Akira Igar ashi, Center for Stat istics
and Informat ion, Rikkyo Unive rsity,
Nishikebukuro 3- 34- 1, Toshima- ku
171- 8501,Japan.
Email: akiraigarashi515@gmail.com
Funding information
Research Ins titute of Economy, Trade and
Industr y; the Frontier Resea rch Institute
for Interdisci plinary Scienc es, Tohoku
University
Abstract
Existing research on immigration has highlighted the close
relationship between the potential threat posed by immi-
grants and the development of anti-immigrant sentiment
among natives. However, immigrants also benefit the host
society, and we know little about the effects of perceived
benefits on attitudes towards immigration. We explore
how exposure to negative and positive information about
immigrants shapes people's attitudes towards immigrants
through a vignett e survey experiment. Ou r results revealed
that respondents’ hostility towards immigrants decreased
when exposed to positive information, but their attitudes
did not necessarily change when they were exposed to
negative information. Interestingly, these results were
similarly observed in four major issue domains discussed in
existing studies— jobs, financial burden, culture and physi-
cal safety. Further more, the effects of expo sure to positive
information were not modified by respondents’ partisan-
ship, race, education or exposure to immigra nts. These re-
sults suggest that pro- immigrant rhetoric can be effective
in changing people's at titudes towards immigration.
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