‘Bad hombres’? An examination of identities in U.S. media coverage of immigration
‘Bad hombres’? An examination of identities in U.S. media coverage of immigration
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“坏人”？
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发表时间：
2019
影响因子：
3.3
通讯作者：
Emily M. Farris
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作者：
Heather Silber Mohamed;Emily M. Farris
在2016年的竞选活动中，共和党总统候选人唐纳德·特朗普在讨论移民问题时，使用了“bad hombres”一词来批评移民，尤其是拉丁裔男性。利用2000年至2010年三家主要新闻杂志的移民新闻报道图片的新数据集，我们研究了新闻报道在多大程度上帮助为这种种族化和性别化的联系奠定了基础。我们发现绝大多数人支持“坏男人”假说，这表明与美国移民的真实人口统计数据相比，媒体对拉丁裔男性的描述明显过多，而对所有其他移民群体的描述则不足。我们的研究结果尤其重要，因为研究表明，个人的政治态度受到特定政策的“目标群体”或受益者的影响，以及学术研究表明，媒体在培养“拉丁裔威胁”意识方面所起的作用。
ABSTRACT When discussing immigration on the campaign trail in 2016, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump used the term ‘bad hombres’ to criticise immigrants, and in particular Latino men. Using a novel dataset of images accompanying immigration news stories in three major news magazines from 2000–2010, we examine the extent to which press coverage helped set the stage for this sort of racialised and gendered association. We find overwhelming support for the ‘bad hombres’ hypothesis, demonstrating that in comparison to the true demographics of immigrants in the U.S., press portrayals significantly over-represent Latino men and under-represent all other immigrant groups. Our results are particularly important in light of research demonstrating that individuals’ political attitudes are influenced by the perceived ‘target group,’ or beneficiary, of a given policy, as well as scholarship demonstrating the media’s role in fostering a sense of ‘Latino threat.’