@article{ref1,
title="How terrorism does (and does not) affect citizens' political attitudes: a meta-analysis",
journal="American journal of political science",
year="2023",
author="Godefroidt, Amélie",
volume="67",
number="1",
pages="22-38",
abstract="How does terrorism affect citizens' political attitudes? Over the years, many scholars have tried to answer this question. This article performs a meta-analysis on this literature, reviewing about 325 studies conducted between 1985 and 2020 on more than 400,000 respondents. The findings confirm that terrorism is associated--to a small but significant extent--with outgroup hostility, political conservatism and rally-'round-the-flag effects. At the same time, the effects of terrorism vary widely, with studies on Islamist violence, conducted in the United States or Israel, and using cross-sectional data yielding stronger results on average. Finally, the review reveals remaining gaps in this field of study, including a lack of research on non-Islamist violence or conducted in non-Western contexts. Taken together, this meta-analysis consolidates existing evidence, determines which results hold across contexts, and identifies key gaps in our current knowledge. Its data can also be accessed interactively via a Shiny App.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0092-5853",
doi="10.1111/ajps.12692",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ajps.12692"
}