Abstract Mass media have been accused of cultivating anti-immigrant sentiments in Western societies. Most studies on this topic, however, have not made a distinction between the types of television program (information vs. entertainment) or television station (public vs. commercial). Adopting a comparative approach, we use data from the six waves of the European Social Survey (ESS, 2002–2012, n = 162,987) to assess the relationship between individual and aggregate level patterns of television consumption and anti-immigrant sentiments in European societies. Individual television viewing time is positively associated with anti-immigrant sentiments, while frequent exposure to news and information programs is associated with lower levels of anti-immigrant sentiments. At the aggregate level we observe a positive effect of the total viewing time in society on anti-immigrant sentiments. In the conclusion we offer some suggestions on how this effect could be explained.

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欧洲的公共电视台和反移民情绪。电视消费模式的多层次分析

摘要大众媒体被指控在西方社会培养反移民情绪。但是，有关该主题的大多数研究并未区分电视节目的类型（信息与娱乐）或电视台的类型（公共与商业）。我们采用比较方法，使用了六次欧洲社会调查（ESS，2002–2012，n = 162,987）中的数据，以评估欧洲社会电视消费的个人和总体水平模式与反移民情绪之间的关系。个人电视收看时间与反移民情绪成正比，而频繁地接触新闻和信息节目则与反移民情绪低落有关。从总体上看，我们观察到社会总观看时间对反移民情绪的积极影响。最后，我们就如何解释这种影响提供了一些建议。