Framing Unauthorized Immigrants: The Effects of Labels on Evaluations

Ommundsen, Reidar; Veer, Kees van der; Larsen, Knud S.; Eilertsen, Dag Erik

doi:10.2466/17.pr0.114k20w0

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“…In the Australian context, the term illegal immigrant was associated with more negative attitudes compared to the other two (Augoustinos & Quinn, 2003). More recently a similar pattern, with illegal immigrants being evaluated most negatively, was found also in USA (Ommundsen, Larsen, Veer, & Eilertsen, 2014). Similar findings have also been found with derogatory labels for gays (e.g., Carnaghi & Maass, 2008).…”

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Communicating Between Groups, Communicating About Groups

Rakić¹,

Maass²

2018

Language, Communication, and Intergroup Relations

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This chapter provides a selective overview of some of the most relevant aspects of intergroup communication. We first introduce the topic by discussing the relationship between intergroup communication and social identity. In the second part, we then cover three language strategies (category labels, language abstraction, and metaphors) that different groups can adopt when communicating between and about groups. Category labels reveal social meaning well beyond mere classification, by triggering affective reactions and stereotyping, whereas language abstraction and metaphors play a central role in establishing and maintaining stereotypes and intergroup relationships. In the third part, we directly address specific social groups, including salient and relatively unambiguous social categories (i.e., gender and race) as well as more fluid categories (i.e., regional and social background as well as sexual orientation). The chapter provides a broad overview of linguistic strategies and of their specific use with selected social categories, together with suggestions for the development of future research and theorizing. Communicating Between Groups, Communicating About GroupsBuilding from the introductory chapter, this chapter will elaborate on social identity theory and its intellectual sister theories (e.g., self-categorization theory). Further, we will focus particularly on language strategies used in an intergroup context (i.e., labels, language abstractness, and metaphors) and intergroup communication related to specific social groups (i.e., gender, race, and more fluid categories such as socio-geographical background and sexual orientation).More specifically this chapter is structured in three parts that follow a brief overview of intergroup communication in relation to social identity, self-categorization, and communication accommodation theory. In the first part, we will discuss three language tools that play a prominent role in communicating within, across, and about social groups. These include group labels, which can create friendly or hostile intergroup relations and can induce stereotype threat in those targeted by the same label. In the second part, we will cover language abstraction and metaphors, both of which can play a very important role in intergroup communication, as they reflect, maintain, and create intergroup bias and aid stereotype dissemination. Whereas in the first part of the chapter we will be referring to groups in general (with some specific examples), in the second part we will address issues related to important social categories. We will address gender and race and, subsequently, more fluid categories such as social class, geographical/regional background, and sexual orientation. The section on gender will cover issues related to grammatical gender (e.g., actor vs. actress) and the consequences of using masculine forms to represent both females and males. The part on interracial communication will address the issue of race/ethnicity in terms of labels we use to address different groups ...

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“…The persistence of such attitudes is detrimental to the state of public mental health. The polarity of views and acts of aggression against immigrants or even all foreigners cause anxiety, identity and even personality disorders [31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38]. This obstructs social and economic development [39].…”

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“…It is necessary to understand what the real possibilities are of the peaceful coexistence of Muslims and Christians, what the content is of the most common and deepest ethnic and cultural prejudices [33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41][42][43]. We have to understand why the Christian message is not a guideline of conduct and even the recommendations of the sovereignty of the church are rejected [44].…”

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Populist Upheavals: What can we do?

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Różyk-Myrta²,

Wolińska³

2017

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“…In particular, diff erences in samples, timing, and dependent variables limit direct comparisons between the studies. Moreover, because Ommundsen, et al (2014) do not have a measure of partisanship and did not test for interaction eff ects between ideology and frames, their broader conclusions are limited given that immigration is such a highly charged political issue that is strongly aff ected by political ideology and partisan cues. 2014, 115, 3, 913-917.…”

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Response to “Framing Unauthorized Immigrants: The Effects of Labels on Evaluations,” by Ommundsen, et al. (2014)

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Ommundsen, Larsen, van der Veer, and Eilertsen (2014 ) presented evidence that varying how immigrants are described in surveys can lead to differences in how respondents to those surveys change their self-reported orientations toward those immigrants and immigration policy. We argue that the apparent conflict between their findings and those of Knoll, Redlawsk, and Sanborn (2011 ) should be interpreted as complementary rather than contradictory. In particular, differences in samples, timing, and dependent variables limit direct comparisons between the studies. Moreover, because Ommundsen, et al. (2014) do not have a measure of partisanship and did not test for interaction effects between ideology and frames, their broader conclusions are limited given that immigration is such a highly charged political issue that is strongly affected by political ideology and partisan cues.

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Framing Unauthorized Immigrants: The Effects of Labels on Evaluations

Cited by 34 publications

References 32 publications

Communicating Between Groups, Communicating About Groups

Communicating Between Groups, Communicating About Groups

Populist Upheavals: What can we do?

Response to “Framing Unauthorized Immigrants: The Effects of Labels on Evaluations,” by Ommundsen, et al. (2014)

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