@article{ref1,
title="No compassion for Muslims? How journalistic news coverage of terrorist crimes influences emotional reactions and policy support depending on the victim's religion",
journal="Crime and delinquency",
year="2023",
author="Schmuck, Desirée and Matthes, Jörg and von Sikorski, Christian",
volume="69",
number="5",
pages="1020-1043",
abstract="Islamist terrorist attacks have become a salient threat to Western countries, and news coverage about such crimes is a key predictor of public emotional reactions and policy support. We examine the effects of two key characteristics of terrorism news coverage: (1) the victim's religion and (2) first-person narratives that facilitate perspective taking. A quota-based experiment (N = 354) revealed that irrespective of the narrative type, news reports that mention the victims' Muslim religion induce less anger and compassion, but more joy among non-Muslim news consumers. However, fear was equally induced by all news articles. As a consequence, fear, anger, and joy predicted support for more restrictive terrorism policies, while anger and compassion were related to more support for victim compensation.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0011-1287",
doi="10.1177/00111287211000626",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00111287211000626"
}