Changes on news media reports on immigration after presidential announcement of humanitarian crisis
On
June 2nd, 2014, President Obama issued a presidential memorandum
where he stated that “the influx of unaccompanied alien children (UAC) across
the southwest border of the United States has resulted in an urgent
humanitarian situation requiring a unified and coordinated Federal response.” This announcement and the figures of children crossing the border (63,000 since October 2013 --twice as much as the previous period) have spurred a new wave of coverage of the undocumented immigration problem.
My research
would pretend to find if news media reports on immigration have shifted their
original position, either positively or negatively, after the presidential
announcement.
How much time before the announcement would you study news reports to find their original position? Are you going to do a content analysis? Would it be worthwhile to find out if the audience follows the shift negatively or positively?
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely. I think minorities and diversity research in the US is often compartmentalized to particular communities. Media's coverage about the immigration policies is worth looking at, but I am concerned that this has been done before. Have you looked at previous studies that have dealt with similar issues? What theories are you considering?
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