Media representation of migrant crime: Hypotheticals, prominence, and migration pros and cons in select western newspaper coverage
Journal: Summit (Simon Fraser University)
Year: 2020

This content analysis examines newspaper representation of migrant criminality in Canada, the UK, and the US. Existing studies demonstrate a dynamic relationship between media coverage, perceptions of migration, and politics/lawmaking, as well as the media’s role in maintaining the gap between empirical knowledge and common understanding of migrant crime. Logistic and OLS regression are employed to evaluate (1) the hypothetical discussion of migrant crime (speculative/risk-oriented content as op