Essays about: "Attitudes towards immigrants"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 48 essays containing the words Attitudes towards immigrants.

  1. 1. “Farmers need illegal immigrants ‘to pick the crops’” : Examining News Values on immigration Discourse in CNN and Fox News

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Author : Admiral Salameh; [2023]
    Keywords : CNN; critical discourse; DNVA; Fox News; immigrants; news values; political ideologies; racial prejudice; stereotypes;

    Abstract : Media outlets play a pivotal role in the shaping of society's perception on different matters. The research of this thesis consists of 20 articles in total from two of the larger media outlets in the US, CNN and Fox News. Each dataset contains 10 articles consisting of 5269 words, for the former, and 4516 words, for the latter. READ MORE

  3. 2. Driving Forces for Changing Attitudes to Immigration in Sweden : A study of the evolution of attitudes towards immigration: A correlational analysis of driving forces from 2002-2018 with a focus on political trust

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för ekonomisk och industriell utveckling

    Author : Abdulrahman Alnassan; [2023]
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    Abstract : Research has shown that attitudes to immigration can change due to various factors. In recent years, immigration has become an increasingly polarizing issue in Sweden, with many politicians and parties framing it as intertwined with other issues. READ MORE

  4. 3. “Are you in the mafia?” : Ethnic discrimination on the American labor market

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi och statistik (NS)

    Author : Anes Velic; [2023]
    Keywords : Employment gap; earnings gap; ethnic discrimination; exogenous shocks to ethnic discrimination on the labor market; employers’ prejudice;

    Abstract : How did the Italian mafia affect honest Italian descendants on the American labor market? This is a study about how an exogenous shock to ethnic discrimination on the labor market affected a whole ethnic group. The goal with this study is to analyze how a massacre by Al Capone’s crew in 1929 affected Italian workers on the American labor market. READ MORE

  5. 4. The Mediating Role of Social Trust. A Quantitative Study of Frequent Social Interaction and Attitudes toward Immigrants.

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

    Author : Fatima Fridh; [2023]
    Keywords : attitudes toward immigrants; social trust; immigrants; contact theory; frequent social interaction.;

    Abstract : One of the pillars of a democratic society is social trust. It strengthens the perception of group values and creates a social environment that may influence attitudes toward immigrants. This paper delves into the dynamics of frequent social interaction (FSI), attitudes towards immigrants (ATI), and the mediating role of social trust (ST). READ MORE

  6. 5. Correlation between Offline Social Network and Voting Behavior : A case study of first-generation immigrants coming from a non-EU European country

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Ella Falk; [2022]
    Keywords : Voting participation; Offline Social Network; First-generation immigrants; Bourdieu; Field Theory; EU;

    Abstract : This study has examined if there is a correlation between Offline Social Network and voting participation in the European Parliamentary elections. The study has been done through a qualitative method, doing five different deep interviews. READ MORE