Content analyses of U.S. English-language news coverage of immigration indicate that these stories are laden with negative, threatening messages and have an almost exclusive focus on Latino immigrants. However, little is known regarding how non-immigrant Latinos process and interpret these messages. The current survey of adult non-immigrant Latinos living in the United States addresses this question by applying insights from the rejection-identification model and research on vicarious shame. Based on this research, experiencing group shame in response to immigration news should drive Latinos to distance themselves from this identity, leading to greater affiliation with American identity (to maintain a positive self-concept) and stronger support for restrictive immigration policies (to mitigate the potential threats). Alternatively, experiencing anger in response to this coverage should result in less distancing from the shared Latino identity (i.e., greater affiliation), prompting decreased association with American identity and less support for restrictive immigration policies. Results from the mediation model tested here found support for predictions stemming from both vicarious shame and rejection-identification assumptions, indicating that they represent distinct pathways to views on immigration attitudes and identity management. Furthermore, in line with social identity theory, Mexican Americans (vs. non-Mexican Latinos) were more likely to distance from the immigration message and perceive immigration coverage to depict negative beliefs others hold about their ethnic group (owing to the disproportionate emphasis on Mexicans in this coverage). Results are discussed in terms of the implications for group standing as well as the importance of legitimacy of media messages in this context.

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看着这个让我感到羞愧或生气吗？拉丁美洲人对移民覆盖率的反应的检验

对美国英语新闻中有关移民的报道的内容分析表明，这些故事充满负面，威胁性的信息，几乎只关注拉丁裔移民。但是，关于非移民拉丁裔如何处理和解释这些信息知之甚少。当前对居住在美国的成年非移民拉丁裔的调查通过运用拒绝识别模型和替代性耻辱研究的见解解决了这一问题。根据这项研究，在因移民新闻而遭受群体羞辱的情况下，拉美裔人应远离这种身份，从而导致与美国身份的联系更加紧密（以保持积极的自我概念），并为限制性移民政策提供更强有力的支持（以缓解移民身份）。潜在威胁）。或者，因对此报道而感到愤怒将导致与拉丁裔共同身份的区别减少（即，更多的隶属关系），促使与美国身份的联系减少，并减少对限制性移民政策的支持。此处测试的调解模型的结果发现支持来自替代羞耻感和拒绝认同的假设，表明它们代表了对移民态度和身份管理观点的不同途径。此外，根据社会认同理论，墨西哥裔美国人（相对于非墨西哥裔拉丁美洲人）更有可能与移民信息保持距离，并认为移民覆盖范围反映了其他人对其种族群体的负面信念（由于对墨西哥人的过分强调在此范围内）。