Representations of refugees in their home countries and abroad

A content analysis of la caravana migrante /the migrant caravan in Central America and the United States

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ID7500267
AuthorsLinda Jean Kenix (0000-0001-8462-5152, Kenix is Head of the School of Language, Social and Political Sciences, and Bolanos Lopez is a PhD candidate in the School’s Department of Media and Communication, both at the University of Canterbury/Te Whare Wa ̄nanga o Waitaha, Christchurch, New Zealand, corresponding author), Jorge Bolanos Lopez (Kenix is Head of the School of Language, Social and Political Sciences, and Bolanos Lopez is a PhD candidate in the School’s Department of Media and Communication, both at the University of Canterbury/Te Whare Wa ̄nanga o Waitaha, Christchurch, New Zealand)
Year2021
Volume42
Issue1
Pages48-73
Publication date2021-02-15
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueNewspaper Research Journal (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0739-5329 • E-ISSN: 2376-4791
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0739532921989490
OpenAlexW3035682096
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited56

In October 2018, Honduran citizens started walking toward the American South border looking to be allowed entry into the United States due to not having work opportunities nor humanitarian aid in Honduras. More people joined them and this group was named la caravana migrante, the migrant caravan. Our content analyses of articles in five U.S. and five Central American newspapers sought to find similarities and differences in reporting. Despite differences in language and proximity to the caravan, reporting showed strong uniformity both within and across countries. Implications for universal norms of journalism as well as intermedia agenda setting were explored

Content analysis · Journalism · Media studies · Newspaper · Political science · Refugee · Social science · Sociology · Media Influence and Politics · Media Studies and Communication · Social Media and Politics · Gender Studies · Law

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