Newspaper Research Journal
Volume 40, Issue 1, 2019, Pages 7-24

“Dreamers” or threat: Bilingual frame building of DACA immigrants (Article)

Rendon H.* , de Moya M. , Johnson M.A.
  • a Harris Institute for Hispanic and International Communication, College of Media and Communication, Texas Tech University, United States
  • b College of Communication, DePaul University, United States
  • c Department of Communication, North Carolina State University, United States

Abstract

This research analyzes Spanish- and English-language news discourses in the United States following the announcement of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. It identifies how sources quoted by journalists affected framing of stories in five ethnic and general market newspapers. Coverage of Dreamers and DACA was generally positive, especially compared to common representations of undocumented immigrants as criminals and as a threat to the United States. Certain sources were a strong predictor for some frames about DACA, and undocumented people who arrived in the United States when they were children could be analyzed in communication research as a different category of immigrants than other adults. © 2019 NOND of AEJMC.

Author Keywords

News framing Content analysis Immigration ethnic media political communication

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Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85064269020&doi=10.1177%2f0739532918814448&partnerID=40&md5=8446acf1bbaf2aaec8b80aba969546e2
DOI: 10.1177/0739532918814448
ISSN: 07395329
Original Language: English