Polemik terkait investasi asing di tengah masyarakat difasilitasi oleh inkonsistensipemberitaan di media dan kemunculan berita-berita provokatif. Meski demikian,bagaimana mekanisme informasi mempengaruhi sikap terhadap investasi asingbelum banyak dielaborasi. Penelitian survei-eksperimental between-subjectsdilakukan untuk mengetahui bagaimana konten informasi politik dalampemberitaan media multimodal yang berisi ancaman simbolis dan ekonomi(realistis) dari dua negara investor yang berbeda (Tiongkok dan Arab Saudi) dapatmempengaruhi pembentukan sikap individu terhadap kebijakan investasi asing.Empat jenis persepsi ancaman diteliti pengaruhnya berdasarkan Integrated ThreatTheory [1] – yaitu ancaman simbolis (ancaman terhadap nilai-nilai dalamkelompok), ancaman ekonomi (ancaman realistis terhadap sumber dayakelompok), kecemasan dalam hubungan antarkelompok, dan stereotip negatif.Dengan menggunakan media survei daring, 378 partisipan terbagi ke dalam 4kelompok dengan desain 2 (cue Tiongkok, cue Arab Saudi) x 2 (ancamansimbolis, ancaman ekonomi) dan satu kelompok kontrol. Pengujian hipotesisdilakukan dengan ordinary least square path analysis menggunakan PROCESSMacro SPSS. Analisis mediasi menunjukkan pemaparan informasi berisi ancamanmempengaruhi pembentukan sikap negatif terhadap investasi asing hanya melaluipemrosesan sistematis dengan mengaktivasi persepsi ancaman ekonomi dansimbolis. Meski demikian, pengaruh pemaparan informasi pada sikap terhadapinvestasi asing ini hanya terjadi pada kelompok yang menerima informasiancaman ekonomi (β = 0,269; BootSE = 0,078; 95% CI [0,118; 0,428]) danancaman simbolis (β = 0,098; BootSE = 0,044; 95%CI [0,013; 0,188]) yangberasal dari investor Tiongkok. Hasil ini mengindikasikan dukungan terhadapinvestasi asing masih tidak terlepas dari pengaruh sentimen etnis yang mengakardi Indonesia.

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Foreign investment has always been a polemic in Indonesian public, facilitated by

inconsistency and provocative tones on several media outlets. Yet, how this

information can influence people's attitude towards foreign investment has not

been explored. Between-subjects survey-experimental study was conducted to

understand how political information containing economic (realistic) and

symbolic threats of foreign investment on multimodal news from two different

countries (China and Saudi Arabia) can influence attitude towards foreign

investment. Four threats perceived were derived from Integrated Threat Theory--

symbolic threat (threat towards ingroup values), economic threat (realistic threat

towards ingroup‘s resources), intergroup anxiety and negative stereotypes. Using

online survey platform, 378 participants were grouped into 4 experimental groups

with 2 (cue: China, Saudi Arabia) x 2 (threat: symbolic, economic) with 1 control

group. Hypothesis were tested using ordinary least square path analysis with

PROCESS Macro for SPSS. Mediation analysis showed exposure to threat laden

information influences the formation of negative attitude towards foreign

investment through systematic processing by activating both economic and

symbolic threat perceptions. This effect only appeared on participants exposed by

information containing economic threat (β = 0,269; BootSE = 0,078; 95% CI

[0,118; 0,428]) and symbolic threat (β = 0,098; BootSE = 0,044; 95%CI [0,013;

0,188]) from China. This result indicates that support towards foreign investment

is still heavily related to ethnic sentiment deeply rooted in Indonesia.