Immigration politics and group consciousness for newcomers to Southern US politics

Vidal, Xavier Medina

doi:10.1080/21565503.2016.1169933

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“…Having observed that U.S.-based Spanish-language media exposure has positive effects on the likelihood of group-conscious voting among Latinos (Medina Vidal, 2017), I expect home-country media use among Hispanic immigrants to similarly increase the likelihood of political participation, electoral and nonelectoral alike. To test for the relationships between Latino immigrants’ contact with their home countries through their use of media from home and participation in politics in the United States, I first predict the following:…”

Section: Home-country Mass Media As a Mediator Of Immigrant Participamentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Mass media’s framing of immigration also affects the Latino immigrant community in nuanced ways as we see when media framing is examined in relation to in-group heterogeneity. In a long-established immigrant community setting like New York City, perceptions of immigrant threat in the context of the framing of unauthorized immigration can suppress Hispanic immigrant mobilization (Zepeda Millán, 2014), while in a new immigrant destination region like the U.S. South, with similarly high levels of Hispanic heterogeneity, ethnic media are one of very few mobilizers of group-conscious voting among immigrant communities (Medina Vidal, 2017).…”

Section: Theoretical Puzzles Of Media Effects and Immigrant Politicalmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Latino Immigrant Home-Country Media Use and Participation in U.S. Politics

Vidal

2018

Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences

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This article examines the ways in which Latino immigrants' use of news media from their home countries influences their likelihood of participating in politics in the United States. Using data from the 2015 Latino National Health and Immigration Survey of 1,005 Latino adults in the United States, I run a set of multivariate analyses to determine whether home-country media use affects the likelihood that Latino immigrants, 52% of whom use home-country media at least a few times per week, will vote, participate in political protests, attend meetings, sign a petition, or make a donation to political causes. I find that home-country media use has a significant, independent effect on the likelihood of protesting and signing petitions. This article bridges our understanding of media effects on participation for Latino immigrants and the importance of transnational political behavior to civic participation and incorporation of immigrants in the United States.

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Section: Home-country Mass Media As a Mediator Of Immigrant Participamentioning

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Section: Theoretical Puzzles Of Media Effects and Immigrant Politicalmentioning

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Latino Immigrant Home-Country Media Use and Participation in U.S. Politics

Vidal

2018

Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences

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“…At the same time, it should also be noted that the above studies are not subdivided by race/ethnicity within these states. Xavier Medina Vidal (2017) looks at White and Black immigration attitudes separately. The author generally finds Whites to have more conservative attitudes than Blacks.…”

Section: Southern Immigration Attitudesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Generally speaking, Blacks tend to have more progressive immigration attitudes than Whites (Hartig 2018; Saad 2013). But Griffin and McFarland (2007) provide evidence that Black Southern attitudes may be more conservative than Black attitudes elsewhere on certain issues (but see Medina Vidal 2017). In addition, evidence of the tensions between U.S.-born Blacks and the immigrant-origin groups in the South gives the impression that Black immigration attitudes in the South could perhaps diverge somewhat from the general pattern.…”

Section: White Versus Black Receptionmentioning

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“…However, there has been less quantitative research focusing on destination context for migrant groups in the South and the ways in which this context may impact their experience. Overall, Southerners tend to hold fairly conservative immigration attitudes (Cooper et al 2016; Cox, Lienesch, and Jones 2017; Piacenza and Jones 2017), particularly White Southerners (Medina Vidal 2017). However, immigrants are clearly not distributed evenly over the geography of the South.…”

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The Context of Immigrant Reception in the American South

Maggio

2021

Social Currents

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Past research has shown the Southern United States to have more conservative immigration attitudes compared to more established immigrant destination states. However, it is unclear whether or not the places that immigrants have arrived share these conservative attitudes and how this impacts the reception of immigrant groups. Analyzing the Cooperative Congressional Election Study, I find that U.S.-born White attitudes toward immigration are less conservative in zip codes where immigrant-origin groups in the South are most likely to live, often by substantial margins. This indicates that immigrant-origin groups in the South are likely to encounter Southern Whites with a more liberal orientation than Southern Whites more generally. The implications for how these attitudes compare to established immigrant destination states and counties are addressed in detail, as are Southern Black attitudes toward immigration. Regardless, on various questions approximating racial experience/understanding, immigrant-origin groups in the South do not report more negative feelings than those in established destinations and report more positive feelings in some cases, although these results could also indicate a lower awareness of racial issues. Overall, these findings point to a context of reception in the South that is likely more positive than past research on Southern immigration attitudes has implied.

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Appealing to Diverse Electorates in the United States

Searle

Abrajano

2019

The Oxford Handbook of Electoral Persuasion

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As electorates around the world become increasingly diverse, addressing how electoral persuasion emerges is a major concern. Focusing on the United States, this chapter explores the campaign strategies used by candidates to persuade, mobilize, and target diverse voters. It begins by conducting an exhaustive review of the existing research. After doing so, the chapter concludes that there is still much to be done and highlights particular aspects ripe for future research. In particular, scant attention has been paid to the ways candidates, political parties, and outside groups target African Americans and the extent to which they are persuaded or mobilized by these efforts. A similar need exists with respect to the campaign strategies used to target Asian Americans. Critically, it is important to know whether the electoral tactics, long proven effective for white Americans also work in the same way for voters with distinct political experiences and socialization processes. The remainder of the chapter offers future avenues and directions for scholars wishing to better understand how electoral persuasion operates in diverse electorates.

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Immigration politics and group consciousness for newcomers to Southern US politics

Cited by 3 publications

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Latino Immigrant Home-Country Media Use and Participation in U.S. Politics

Latino Immigrant Home-Country Media Use and Participation in U.S. Politics

The Context of Immigrant Reception in the American South

Appealing to Diverse Electorates in the United States

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