The effects of misinformation, contact with immigrants and the rhetoric of media and politician remain the explanatory mainstays of how policymakers and academics alike continue to make sense of variation in attitudes to immigration, partially the result of an outsize focus on these issues by social scientists, with important real-world consequences. [...] Context Some of the most studied determinants of attitudes to immigration focus on the impact of short- term contextual change, above all, the effects of personal contact with immigrants, on the one hand, and changes in the broader immigration context, such as local and national immigration rates, on the other. [...] Causes of variation in the popularity of migration narratives (Dennison, 2021) 30 Intervening to affect public attitudes to immigration: changing what people think about immigration In the previous section we saw that the size and direction of the effects of immediate stimuli— such as exposure to media—on attitudes to immigration is highly contingent on the recipient’s deeper psychological beliefs. [...] Finally, the values-basis of the campaign is not clear and thus may be less persuasive—though persuasion is not one of the stated goals of the campaign and the use of “belonging” and a degree of conformity may appeal to moderate and conservative value orientations. [...] 49 The Working Group has three objectives: 1) enhancing capacity of WG members and the broader GFMD community on the subject of migration narratives; 2) fostering the creation of concrete partnerships and joint activities that will contribute to shifting the narrative on migration; and 3) providing recommendations on the topic of migration narratives for the GFMD’s contribution to the implementati.
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