Setting the news agenda with an ethnic-relevant topic: Public salience of illegal immigration

This study investigated news media agenda-setting with the issue of illegal immigration. Respondents in Phoenix, Arizona, assessed their self-identified "most important problem"; differently from illegal immigration along several dimensions. The "most important problem"; measure,...

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Published inThe Howard journal of communications Vol. 8; no. 4; pp. 329 - 341
Main Authors Salwen, Michael B., Matera, Frances R.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Taylor & Francis Group 01.10.1997
Subjects
agenda-setting
Ethnic Relations
Ethnicity
Hispanics
immigration
Mass Media Effects
News Coverage
Phoenix, Arizona
Social Constructionism
Social Problems
Undocumented Immigrants
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Summary:This study investigated news media agenda-setting with the issue of illegal immigration. Respondents in Phoenix, Arizona, assessed their self-identified "most important problem"; differently from illegal immigration along several dimensions. The "most important problem"; measure, often used in agenda-setting, was rated higher on experience, interest, and a series of evaluations than the ethnic-relevant problem of illegal immigration. Although findings failed to indicate differences between Hispanics' (mostly Mexican-Americans) and non-Hispanics' perceptions of illegal immigration, Hispanics assigned greater interest to illegal immigration than non-Hispanics.
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ISSN:1064-6175
1096-4649
DOI:10.1080/10646179709361764