{"id":2240,"date":"2018-10-24T08:00:33","date_gmt":"2018-10-24T13:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/trot\/?p=2240"},"modified":"2018-10-22T19:04:10","modified_gmt":"2018-10-23T00:04:10","slug":"global-media-coverage-of-immigration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/trot\/2018\/10\/24\/global-media-coverage-of-immigration\/","title":{"rendered":"Global Media Coverage of Immigration"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Photo of a protester holding a sign that says, “Stop deportation! I need my daddy,” with a picture of a child. Photo by Fibonacci Blue, Flickr CC<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This post was created in collaboration with the\u00a0Minnesota Journalism Center<\/a>.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n

\u201c<\/b>A Way Out of the Immigration Crisis.\u201d<\/span><\/a> \u201c<\/span>Like it or Not, Immigrant Children are Our Future.<\/span><\/a>\u201d \u201c<\/span>Trump Talks Tough on Immigration in Nevada but it Could Backfire.<\/span><\/a>\u201d <\/span><\/h4>\n

All three of these news headlines were published by mainstream news outlets in the United States in September 2018. All three portray immigration in a negative light. While much news and media coverage across the globe portrays immigration negatively, researchers who study this area also identify media outlets that include more positive coverage.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

One thing scholars have found is that immigration coverage has increased rapidly since 2004. In U.S. coverage, there is a heavy focus on \u201cimmigration reform\u201d and \u201ctougher border control\u201d as solutions to the immigration \u201cproblem.\u201d Across the pond in the United Kingdom, polls have ranked immigration as one of citizens\u2019 top concerns, with coverage of immigration being overwhelmingly negative and centered on conflict through utilization of crime frames and discussion of immigrants as \u201cillegal\u201d or \u201cfailed.\u201d<\/h5>\n