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SUMMARY: Xiaojun Li – Corrective info & public attitudes toward immigration
DESCRIPTION: Does Corrective Information Change Public Attitudes toward Imm
 igration? Evidence from a Survey Experiment in Canada An online talk by: Dr
 . Xiaojun Li Associate Professor\, UBC Political Science Thursday\, October
  29\, 2020 12:30 – 2:00 p.m. (Pacific Daylight Time) [ Abstract ] A large b
 ody of literature has demonstrated that citizens remain highly misinformed 
 about the […]
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 /p><p><strong><em>Does Corrective Information Change Public Attitudes towar
 d Immigration? Evidence from a Survey Experiment in Canada</em></strong></p
 ><p>An online talk by:<br /><strong><a href="https://politics.ubc.ca/person
 s/xiaojun-li/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-cke-saved-hre
 f="https://politics.ubc.ca/persons/xiaojun-li/">Dr. Xiaojun Li</a><br />Ass
 ociate Professor\, UBC Political Science</strong></p><p>Thursday\, October 
 29\, 2020<br />12:30 - 2:00 p.m. (Pacific Daylight Time)</p><p><strong>[ Ab
 stract ]</strong><br />A large body of literature has demonstrated that cit
 izens remain highly misinformed about the number\, origin\, and other chara
 cteristics of immigrants in their countries. Can correcting such misinforma
 tion\, including those driven by innumeracy\, lead to attitudinal changes? 
 This talk examines this question in Canada. Using a survey experiment with 
 information treatments\, I show that statistical innumeracy about immigrant
 s is prevalent among the Canadian public. Correcting the size of the immigr
 ants leads to more negative views toward immigrants among respondents that 
 underestimated the number of new immigrants into Canada. However\, correcti
 ng both the absolute and relative size of the immigrants does not worsen th
 eir views toward immigrants and improve their support for the government ta
 rgets set for new immigrant. These findings point to the importance of cont
 extualized corrective information in overcoming cognitive biases rooted in 
 innumeracy-induced misinformation among the public.</p>
URL;VALUE=URI:https://migration.ubc.ca/events/event/xiaojun-li-corrective-i
 nfo-public-attitudes-toward-immigration/
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