Anti-Immigrant Outrage Language in Anglo and Hispanic Media
Miller, Sara Anne
2012
- Anti-immigrant outrage language in the media dealing with Hispanics in the United States illustrates the larger consequences of political pundits and the effects of various media sources, as well as the difference in coverage of these issues between the English- and Spanish-language media. Professors Sarah Sobieraj and Jeffrey Berry define outrage language as a type of political incivility that is ... read moredramatic and aimed to, "provoke a visceral response from the audience, usually in the form of anger, fear, or moral righteousness through the use of overgeneralizations, sensationalism, misleading or patently inaccurate information, ad hominem attacks, and partial truths about opponents," (Sobieraj, Berry, p. 2). This type of discourse is commonly seen within the infotainment industry, a hybrid of news and entertainment, which frequently uses outrage tactics to boost ratings. I look specifically at the effects of this industry and these individuals on the Hispanic population and how the Anglo and Hispanic media portray these incidents differently. / Because the Hispanic population is quickly growing from a minority to a majority in the United States and will eventually be a large proportion of the voting electorate, it is necessary to look at how our political atmosphere treats them. In answering the question of how Anglo and Hispanic media cover the issue of immigrants and immigration, specifically dealing with Hispanics, I will conduct a content analysis of English- and Spanish-language newspaper coverage of these issues. /read less
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