Titel
No Compassion for Muslims? How Journalistic News Coverage of Terrorist Crimes Influences Emotional Reactions and Policy Support Depending on the Victim’s Religion
Autor*in
Desirée Schmuck
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Autor*in
Christian von Sikorski
University of Koblenz-Landau (at Landau)
Abstract
Islamist terrorist attacks have become a salient threat to Western countries, and news coverage about such crimes is a key predictor of public emotional reactions and policy support. We examine the effects of two key characteristics of terrorism news coverage: (1) the victim’s religion and (2) first-person narratives that facilitate perspective taking. A quota-based experiment (N = 354) revealed that irrespective of the narrative type, news reports that mention the victims’ Muslim religion induce less anger and compassion, but more joy among non-Muslim news consumers. However, fear was equally induced by all news articles. As a consequence, fear, anger, and joy predicted support for more restrictive terrorism policies, while anger and compassion were related to more support for victim compensation.
Stichwort
terrorismnews coveragereligionnarrativesemotionspolicy support
Objekt-Typ
Sprache
Englisch [eng]
Persistent identifier
Erschienen in
Titel
Crime & Delinquency
ISSN
0011-1287
Erscheinungsdatum
2021
Publication
SAGE Publications
Erscheinungsdatum
2021
Zugänglichkeit
Rechteangabe
© The Author(s) 2021

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