Social media use and anti-immigrant attitudes: evidence from a survey and automated linguistic analysis of Facebook posts

• Main Authors: Ahmed, Saifuddin, Chen, Vivian Hsueh-Hua, Jaidka, Kokil, Hooi, Rosalie, Chib, Arul
• Other Authors: Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Social sciences::Communication; Social Media; Political Trust
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/159816
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Social media has a role to play in shaping the dynamic relations between immigrants and citizens. This study examines the effects of threat perceptions, consumptive and expressive use of social media, and political trust on attitudes against immigrants in Singapore. Study 1, based on a survey analys...