What is it about?
This research demonstrates how media frames that associate refugees with terrorist threats reduces support for refugee resettlement at the national and local level.
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Why is it important?
Not only are media frames powerful mechanisms that affect policy preferences, the negative effect of these frames can also be mitigated by having lived in proximity to previously settled refugees.
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This page is a summary of: Explaining opposition to refugee resettlement: The role of NIMBYism and perceived threats, Science Advances, September 2017, American Association for the Advancement of Science,
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1700812.
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