Die Angst vor dem Fremden: ein Vignettenexperiment zur Bedrohungswahrnehmung. Ergebnisse eines studentischen Projektseminars

Abstract

The working paper summarizes the results of a vignette experiment (factorial survey) about threat perceptions in everyday situations. A student research project investigated the possible existence of associations between an outgroup’s visible characteristics (e.g., ethnicity and gender) and threat perceptions, together with dependencies on varying social contexts and respondents’ properties. The analyses are based on data from a student online survey. Multi-level models that account for the hierarchical data structure confirm the hypotheses derived by theory, albeit further variables which influence the survey response and introduce measurement error need to be considered in future research.

Alexander M. Geisler

Postdoctoral researcher

I research the theory and practice of political communication and participatory innovations.