Attitudes towards refugees and Muslim immigrants in Iceland: The perceived link to terrorism
In the past few years, millions have been forced to leave their homes seeking refuge in other countries, most displaced from Muslim majority countries. The inflow of refugees and recent terrorist attacks in Europe may have reinforced prejudice against Muslim immigrants in Europe. Research on these i...
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ftssoar:oai:gesis.izsoz.de:document/84491 2023-05-15T16:45:39+02:00 Attitudes towards refugees and Muslim immigrants in Iceland: The perceived link to terrorism Valdimarsdóttir, Margrét Jónsdóttir, Guðbjörg Andrea 2023-01-19T07:19:16Z https://www.ssoar.info/ssoar/handle/document/84491 http://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-84491-8 https://doi.org/10.13177/irpa.a.2020.16.2.7 unknown MISC 1670-679X https://www.ssoar.info/ssoar/handle/document/84491 http://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-84491-8 https://doi.org/10.13177/irpa.a.2020.16.2.7 Creative Commons - Namensnennung 3.0 Creative Commons - Attribution 3.0 CC-BY Icelandic Review of Politics and Administration 16 2 217-242 Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie Psychologie Social sciences sociology anthropology Psychology European Values Study 2017: Integrated Dataset (EVS 2017) - Matrix Design Data (ZA7502 v2.0.0) Migration Sozialpsychologie Sociology of Migration Social Psychology EVS Island Einstellung Stereotyp Flüchtling Migrant Muslim Terrorismus Angst Vorurteil politische Einstellung Bildungsniveau Iceland attitude stereotype refugee terrorism anxiety prejudice political attitude level of education Zeitschriftenartikel journal article 2023 ftssoar https://doi.org/10.13177/irpa.a.2020.16.2.7 2023-01-23T00:01:42Z In the past few years, millions have been forced to leave their homes seeking refuge in other countries, most displaced from Muslim majority countries. The inflow of refugees and recent terrorist attacks in Europe may have reinforced prejudice against Muslim immigrants in Europe. Research on these issues is almost non-existent in Iceland. Using a random sample of 3.360 individuals in late 2019 and a survey-based experimental design, we address several questions related to attitudes towards Muslim immigrants and refugees in Iceland. Our results indicate that just over half of the population is willing to accept more refugees than is currently done and does not want to limit the proportion of Muslims among them. Notwithstanding, about 44% of the public believe that the risk of terrorism will increase if Iceland accepts more immigrants from Muslim majority countries. Political orientation and education are associated with attitudes toward refugees, an association that is partly mediated through stereotypes of Muslims as a security threat. The findings also show that people who are informed that research finds no link between the number of Muslim immigrants and the risk of terrorism are less likely to stereotype Muslim immigrants as a security threat than people who get no such information. This type of information has similar effects on people irrespective of their political orientation. Consequently, the current study does not support the proposition that right-leaning individuals in Iceland are more distrustful of scientific information than those on the left. The effects are, however, significantly contingent on education. Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland SSOAR - Social Science Open Access Repository Veftímaritið Stjórnmál og stjórnsýsla 16 2 217 242 |
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Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie Psychologie Social sciences sociology anthropology Psychology European Values Study 2017: Integrated Dataset (EVS 2017) - Matrix Design Data (ZA7502 v2.0.0) Migration Sozialpsychologie Sociology of Migration Social Psychology EVS Island Einstellung Stereotyp Flüchtling Migrant Muslim Terrorismus Angst Vorurteil politische Einstellung Bildungsniveau Iceland attitude stereotype refugee terrorism anxiety prejudice political attitude level of education |
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Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie Psychologie Social sciences sociology anthropology Psychology European Values Study 2017: Integrated Dataset (EVS 2017) - Matrix Design Data (ZA7502 v2.0.0) Migration Sozialpsychologie Sociology of Migration Social Psychology EVS Island Einstellung Stereotyp Flüchtling Migrant Muslim Terrorismus Angst Vorurteil politische Einstellung Bildungsniveau Iceland attitude stereotype refugee terrorism anxiety prejudice political attitude level of education Valdimarsdóttir, Margrét Jónsdóttir, Guðbjörg Andrea Attitudes towards refugees and Muslim immigrants in Iceland: The perceived link to terrorism |
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Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie Psychologie Social sciences sociology anthropology Psychology European Values Study 2017: Integrated Dataset (EVS 2017) - Matrix Design Data (ZA7502 v2.0.0) Migration Sozialpsychologie Sociology of Migration Social Psychology EVS Island Einstellung Stereotyp Flüchtling Migrant Muslim Terrorismus Angst Vorurteil politische Einstellung Bildungsniveau Iceland attitude stereotype refugee terrorism anxiety prejudice political attitude level of education |
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In the past few years, millions have been forced to leave their homes seeking refuge in other countries, most displaced from Muslim majority countries. The inflow of refugees and recent terrorist attacks in Europe may have reinforced prejudice against Muslim immigrants in Europe. Research on these issues is almost non-existent in Iceland. Using a random sample of 3.360 individuals in late 2019 and a survey-based experimental design, we address several questions related to attitudes towards Muslim immigrants and refugees in Iceland. Our results indicate that just over half of the population is willing to accept more refugees than is currently done and does not want to limit the proportion of Muslims among them. Notwithstanding, about 44% of the public believe that the risk of terrorism will increase if Iceland accepts more immigrants from Muslim majority countries. Political orientation and education are associated with attitudes toward refugees, an association that is partly mediated through stereotypes of Muslims as a security threat. The findings also show that people who are informed that research finds no link between the number of Muslim immigrants and the risk of terrorism are less likely to stereotype Muslim immigrants as a security threat than people who get no such information. This type of information has similar effects on people irrespective of their political orientation. Consequently, the current study does not support the proposition that right-leaning individuals in Iceland are more distrustful of scientific information than those on the left. The effects are, however, significantly contingent on education. |
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Valdimarsdóttir, Margrét Jónsdóttir, Guðbjörg Andrea |
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Attitudes towards refugees and Muslim immigrants in Iceland: The perceived link to terrorism |
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Attitudes towards refugees and Muslim immigrants in Iceland: The perceived link to terrorism |
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Attitudes towards refugees and Muslim immigrants in Iceland: The perceived link to terrorism |
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Attitudes towards refugees and Muslim immigrants in Iceland: The perceived link to terrorism |
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Attitudes towards refugees and Muslim immigrants in Iceland: The perceived link to terrorism |
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attitudes towards refugees and muslim immigrants in iceland: the perceived link to terrorism |
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