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A Window to the World: The Long-Term Effect of Television on Hate Crime
| Content Provider | Scilit |
|---|---|
| Author | Endrich, Marek |
| Copyright Year | 2020 |
| Description | Journal: SSRN Electronic Journal This paper analyzes the long-term impact of television on hate crimes in Germany. In the German Democratic Republic (GDR) foreign television served as a window to the world and exposed viewers to foreign influences. But certain parts of the GDR were excluded from receiving Western television due to geographical features. I argue that this resulted in long-lasting differences in the attitude towards foreigners. Using the spatial variation in signal strength as a natural experiment, the paper tests the effect of Western broadcasts on the rate of hate crimes. Municipalities with no access to foreign broadcasts exhibit a higher degree of xenophobic violence in the period of the migration crisis in Germany between 2014 to 2017. It shows that media can lead to preference changes that persist for a long time after the exposure. |
| Related Links | https://www.econstor.eu/bitstream/10419/214659/1/ile-wp-2020-33.pdf https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/Delivery.cfm?abstractid=3546864 |
| ISSN | 10914358 |
| e-ISSN | 15565068 |
| DOI | 10.2139/ssrn.3546864 |
| Journal | SSRN Electronic Journal |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Elsevier BV |
| Publisher Date | 2020-01-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Journal: SSRN Electronic Journal Cultural Studies Hate Crime Natural Experiment |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
| Subject | Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health Psychiatry and Mental Health |
