%0 Journal Article
%T Media Representations of Immigration in the Chilean Press: To a Different Narrative of Immigration?
%A Emilia M. Valenzuela-Vergara
%J Journal of Communication Inquiry
%@ 1552-4612
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/0196859918799099
%X This article examines representations of immigration in Chilean newspapers. From January to December 2016, a total of 507 articles from three mainstream newspapers were analyzed. The findings show a dual discourse on immigration in the Chileans press: a criminalization of immigrants, which frame them as delinquents, deviant, and dangerous people, and a positive and more humanizing discourse, which portrays them as people who deserve to be protected by the Chilean society. The study also finds a shift in the way media sources are representing immigration compared to previous reports, characterized by presenting alternative images of migrants, a more cautious use of language, and increased attention to the voices of governmental and religious leaders. Nevertheless, this shift has also intensified the ¡°difference¡± and ¡°otherness¡± of foreigners in Chile by repeatedly focusing on their nationality and differentiating between the ¡°good¡± and ¡°bad¡± immigrants
%K immigration
%K print media
%K news
%K framing
%K news coverage
%K Chile
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0196859918799099