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Framing Immigration in the Canadian and British News Media

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ID6239075
AuthorsAndrea Lawlor (0000-0002-9261-993X, Western University, corresponding author)
Year2015
Volume48
Issue2
Pages329-355
Publication date2015-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCanadian Journal of Political Science (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0008-4239 • E-ISSN: 1744-9324
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0008423915000499
OpenAlexW2604814730
LanguageEN
Citations received34
References cited38

Despite an extensive dialogue on the subject of immigration, there has been little systematic cross-national investigation into the framing of immigration in the news media. Understanding the evolution of frames is an important piece of how we conceive of the link between the public's political priorities and policy makers’ responses. While the multi-directional relationships that exist between media, public policy and public opinion often pose challenges to precisely extracting media effects, there is still much that can be said about how the content and tone of immigration frames change over time in response to major policy changes or focusing events. Using automated content analysis (ACA) of print news data from Canada and Britain, I examine immigration framing from 1999 to 2013, identifying immigration-related frames in print news coverage and identifying trends in the volume and tone of frames over time. Results offer insight into striking commonalities in the frames used by each country's print media, and the divergent evolution in the emphasis on certain frames over others, largely predicated on coverage of focusing events

Content analysis · Frame analysis · Framing (construction · Immigration · Immigration policy · Media studies · News media · Political science · Politics · Public opinion · Public policy · Public relations · Social science · Sociology · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · History · Law · Media Studies and Communication · Policy Transfer and Learning

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Unique citing works34
Citations per year3,78
Citation span2017 - 2026 (10)
Citation velocitycurrent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 34

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