DISSERTATION ABSTRACT

Dissertation: Media Representation of Immigration in a Migrant Provider and Migrant Receptor Country: A Critical Discourse Analysis

(Honorable mention, Kurt M. Landgraf Outstanding dissertation award at the American
Association for Hispanics in Higher Education (AAHHE) outstanding dissertation competition (2014))

The purpose of this research is to analyze how the media represents immigrants based on the language used in articles about immigration issues, and how that choice of words contribute to shape the creation of stereotypical ideas about certain ethnic groups. All this aims to contribute to a growing body of literature on language used by the media and its influence over the media consumers. Critical discourse analysis will be the approach utilized to analyze the online newspapers.