Seeing Spanish: The Effects of Language-Based Media Choices on Resentment and Belonging

Darr, Joshua P.; Perry, Brittany N.; Dunaway, Johanna; Sui, Mingxiao

doi:10.1080/10584609.2020.1713268

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“…Using World Values Survey data, Liu and Baird (2012) find that the recognition of either a minority language and/or a third-party's language during judicial proceedings increases the confidence in judiciary. Darr et al (2020) find that, among Spanish-speaking Latinos in the United States, seeing a political news article option in Spanish increases feelings of inclusion and belonging. Building on these works, here is our second hypothesis:…”

Section: Minority Language Recognition and Political Trustmentioning

confidence: 78%

“…Our paper contributes to both the comparative politics literature on the MLR and political trust (Kao et al, 2022) and the political psychology literature on the minority language use and ethnic salience (e,g., Darr et al, 2020;E. O. Pérez & Tavits, 2019).…”

Section: Attitudesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Pérez & Tavits, 2022; E. O. Pérez & Tavits, 2019) and of exposure to the minority language on the media (Darr et al, 2020;Gomez-Aguinaga, 2021). These works are helpful to develop theories about the effects of the MLR; yet, we expect the state's direct intervention, as it is the case in the MLR, to trigger separate effects, especially in conflictual settings.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Recognition Paradox: Minority Language Recognition, Political Trust, and Ethnic Demands

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Öztürk²

2023

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Can the recognition of a minority language by the state, such as the increasing use of the minority language in state services, help the state to build political trust among its minority citizens? Or, does it rather strengthen the ethnic divisions in the country? Despite the significance of the language policy, especially in countries experiencing ongoing ethnic conflict, the empirical literature on its causal effects stay limited. In this study, we explore the effects of the minority language recognition n minority individuals' political attitudes in an authoritarian country experiencing an ongoing ethnic conflict, i.e, Turkey. We conducted a pre-registered online survey experiment, recruiting Kurdish citizens of Turkey. Our results point to a recognition paradox. While the Kurdish people living in Turkey become more satisfied with state services if these services are presented in the Kurdish language, this satisfaction does not lead to increased trust in state institutions. On the other hand, the recognition of the minority language further increases ethnic demands in language policy. We believe that our results make significant contribution to the literature on ethnic politics.

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Section: Minority Language Recognition and Political Trustmentioning

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Recognition Paradox: Minority Language Recognition, Political Trust, and Ethnic Demands

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Öztürk²

2023

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“…Our concept of transregional reporting addresses the importance of news media for democracies in multilingual societies. Further research could not only apply the concept to other countries with two or more official languages, such as Belgium or Ireland, or two or more unofficial languages, such as the United States (Darr et al 2020), but also to geographic areas with other segregating lines, such as the periphery versus the center or countries with minority regions not segregated by language.…”

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Transregional News Media Coverage in Multilingual Countries: The Impact of Market Size, Source, and Media Type in Switzerland

Vogler

Udris

2021

Journalism Studies

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In reporting about the regions of a country, news media help define relevant topics and contribute to the integration of society. In multilingual countries, covering news across language boundaries is especially important, yet challenging and costly to perform. To what extent the news media use transregional coverage, that is, look beyond their own language regions, is therefore a particularly relevant question for multilingual societies. This study shows how news media in the three language regions of Switzerland observe each other. A representative sample of news items (N = 25,035) from 47 print and online news outlets was automatically structured based on textual mentions of Swiss place names (n = 189) and linked to manually coded variables. The results show that the degree of transregional coverage differs considerably depending on the size of the language regions, the topic, the source, and the media type. When covering other language regions, news media focus on sports, and news media from the two smaller media markets rely heavily on news agency reports. Both public service media and tabloid media use much transregional coverage, with the former focusing on politics and the latter on sports. Thus, media types contribute to integration differently.

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“…In line with SIT (Tajfel 1978), minority languages can prompt perceptions of group membership among colingual speakers and out-group perceptions for speakers of dominant languages. This in-group-out-group dynamic through minority languages is not only easily distinguishable in the U.S. context, but also has been associated with important sociopolitical implications across the board, including ethno-racial groups, monolingual English speakers, and linguistic minorities (Darr et al 2020; Ostfeld 2017; Panagopoulos and Green 2011).…”

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Messaging “en Español”: The Impact of Spanish Language on Linked Fate Among Bilingual Latinos

Gómez-Aguiñaga

2021

The International Journal of Press/Politics

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While the number of U.S. residents who speak non-English languages at home is on the rise, little is known about the sociopolitical implications of exposure to minority languages among multilingual speakers in the United States. This study analyzes whether exposure to Spanish, a U.S. minority language, impacts perceptions of linked fate among bilingual Latinos, and if so, whether the consumption of ethnic media amplifies this effect. Through a population-based survey experiment among bilingual Latinos, this study finds that Latinos who are exposed to content in Spanish are more likely to report in-group linked fate than their counterparts exposed to the same message in English. Moreover, these effects are stronger among consumers of Spanish-language news. This study contributes to our understanding of the role of minority languages and ethnic media on pan-ethnic identities and highlights the importance of the growing linguistic diversity in the United States.

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Seeing Spanish: The Effects of Language-Based Media Choices on Resentment and Belonging

Cited by 10 publications

References 84 publications

Recognition Paradox: Minority Language Recognition, Political Trust, and Ethnic Demands

Recognition Paradox: Minority Language Recognition, Political Trust, and Ethnic Demands

Transregional News Media Coverage in Multilingual Countries: The Impact of Market Size, Source, and Media Type in Switzerland

Messaging “en Español”: The Impact of Spanish Language on Linked Fate Among Bilingual Latinos

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