Spatial Proximity to the US-Mexico Border and Newspaper Coverage of Immigration Issues Academic Article

abstract

• This article examines how geographic proximity to the U.S.Mexico border influences newspaper coverage of immigration issues. The authors investigate two questions: Do media organizations spatially proximate to the border offer more frequent coverage of Latino immigration than media organizations farther removed from the border? Do media organizations spatially proximate to the border offer more frequent coverage of the negative aspects of immigration than media organizations farther removed from the border? We find that news organizations closer to the border generate a higher volume of articles about Latino immigration, articles featuring the negative aspects of immigration, and articles regarding illegal immigration.

authors

• Dunaway, Johanna

published proceedings

• POLITICAL RESEARCH QUARTERLY

altmetric score

• 9

author list (cited authors)

• Branton, R. P., & Dunaway, J.

citation count

• 88

complete list of authors

• Branton, Regina P||Dunaway, Johanna

publication date

• June 2009

publisher

• SAGE Publications  Publisher

published in

• Political Research Quarterly  Journal

keywords

• Immigration
• Institutional Structure
• Media Coverage
• News
• Spatial Context

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1177/1065912908319252

start page

• 289

end page

• 302

volume

• 62

issue

• 2

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1065912908319252