Understanding and Changing Public Attitudes
Understanding and Changing Public Attitudes is a review of public information and communication campaigns as they relate to immigration and, more specifically, to asylum and refugee issues.
In her research Dr. Heaven Crawley, Director of Swansea University's Centre for Migration Policy Research, explores attitudes to asylum, the notion of a ‘campaign' and reflects on previous examples of how campaigns can lead to attitudinal change.
The report outlines eight key principles on campaigning which Dr. Crawley believes, when incorporated in campaigns to influence attitudes towards asylum, will maximise the possibilities of success and reduce the potential for asylum and migration issues to be used in ways that are socially divisive.
Click here to download a copy of the report.
Click here to download a copy of the report's executive summary.
The Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fund's Refugee and Asylum Seekers Initiative is committed to encouraging the fair and humane treatment of refugees and people seeking asylum. The research was commissioned by the Fund in partnership with The Paul Hamlyn Foundation, The City Parochial Foundation, The Barrow Cadbury Trust and The Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust.
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