Shanaah, Sadi, Yogeeswaran, Kumar, Greaves, Lara, Bulbulia, Joseph A., Osborne, Danny, Afzali, M. Usman and Sibley, Chris G. (2023) Hate begets warmth? The impact of an anti-Muslim terrorist attack on public attitudes toward Muslims. Terrorism and Political Violence, 35 (1). pp. 156-174. doi:10.1080/09546553.2021.1877673 ISSN 0954-6553.
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Abstract
This article examines the impact of the 15th March 2019 far-right terrorist attack against Muslims in Christchurch, New Zealand on public opinion toward Muslims. It also examines whether the impact of the attack varies for individuals across the political spectrum. We make use of data from the 2019 New Zealand Attitudes and Values Study (N = 47,951) to compare the attitudes of New Zealanders before and after the attack. Using a range of statistical techniques, including regression discontinuity analysis, we find robust evidence that the attack led to an immediate increase in warmth toward Muslims. We also show that this increase was driven by both left-wing/liberal and right-wing/conservative individuals in the immediate days after the attack. Soon after the attack, however, attitudes toward Muslims among the politically conservative population tended to revert to pre-attack levels. By contrast, political liberals maintained their heightened level of positive attitudes for a longer period. We discuss the possible theoretical reasons for these findings.
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
|---|---|
| Subjects: | D History General and Old World > DU Oceania (South Seas) H Social Sciences > HM Sociology H Social Sciences > HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform J Political Science > JZ International relations |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Politics and International Studies |
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Muslims -- New Zealand, Right-wing extremists -- New Zealand, Muslims -- Violence against -- New Zealand, Public opinion -- New Zealand, Muslims -- Attitudes |
| Journal or Publication Title: | Terrorism and Political Violence |
| Publisher: | Routledge |
| ISSN: | 0954-6553 |
| Official Date: | 2023 |
| Dates: | Date Event 2023 Published 9 March 2021 Available 13 January 2021 Accepted 8 July 2020 Submitted |
| Volume: | 35 |
| Number: | 1 |
| Page Range: | pp. 156-174 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/09546553.2021.1877673 |
| Status: | Peer Reviewed |
| Publication Status: | Published |
| Re-use Statement: | This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Terrorism and Political Violence on 9 March 2021, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/09546553.2021.1877673 |
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
| Date of first compliant deposit: | 10 March 2021 |
| Date of first compliant Open Access: | 9 September 2022 |
| RIOXX Funder/Project Grant: | Project/Grant ID RIOXX Funder Name Funder ID |
| URI: | https://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/149620/ |
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