This study examined the U.S. newspaper coverage of immigration in 2004.
Previous studies have focused on the ideological implication of news coverage,
showing that the news frames conveyed elites?? racism toward immigrants. Little
research has been done to offer an overview of the general U.S. news content on
immigration in the 21st century, such as a study on how topics, themes, and sources
shape news frames. Guided by the principle of framing, this study explored the topics,
themes, sources, frames, and differences of three major U.S. newspapers??The New
York Times, the Los Angeles Times, and the Houston Chronicle??on immigration. One
hundred and twenty-nine articles were examined for this study. The study found that a
frame of ??confrontation and frustration?? emerged from the most dominant topics,
themes, and sources present in the newspapers. The study also showed that the
newspapers were less concerned about differentiating between ??who was legal and
who was illegal.?? Half of the time, the newspapers studied represented immigrants,
regardless of legal status, as one group. The newspapers were found to be more
concerned about reporting the immigrants?? shared experience of living in a non-native
country, including shared problems such as in home ownership and in education.
Differences among newspapers showed The New York Times?? ??unofficial newspaperof record?? reputation, the Houston Chronicle??s local emphasis, and the Los Angeles
Times?? reflection of minority power in California.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:tamu.edu/oai:repository.tamu.edu:1969.1/2464 |
| Date | 29 August 2005 |
| Creators | Zhang, Jing |
| Contributors | Priest, Susanna H. |
| Publisher | Texas A&M University |
| Source Sets | Texas A and M University |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Book, Thesis, Electronic Thesis, text |
| Format | 264751 bytes, electronic, application/pdf, born digital |
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