Feb 6, 2021 | 2021, Immigration |
By Diego F. Salinas, Woodson Martin Democracy Fellow, Nadiya Khaydari (JMU ‘22, Political Science and Economics) and Mary Tolentino (JMU ‘23, Health Sciences & Medical Spanish) On his first day in office as the 46th President of the United States, President Joe...
Nov 2, 2020 | 2020, elections, Immigration |
By Diego F. Salinas, Woodson Martin Democracy Fellow, JMU ’18, School of Theatre and Dance and Modern Foreign Languages The issue of immigration is usually framed in dollars and cents. Pundits and politicians debate about how much immigrants pay in taxes, their...
Nov 18, 2019 | 2019, Immigration, Local Politics, Media and Politics |
Post by Shawn Donahue, Tayloe Carroll, Lily Gates Framing is defined as a way that media uses a message or story and finds ways to have the audience interpret it. This can vary from positive or negative interpretations, it is ultimately up to those telling the story....
Nov 18, 2019 | 2019, Immigration, Local Politics |
Post by Matthew Hershberger and John Cheefetz According to the Agenda Setting Theory, the media influences the public’s attention and mind by choosing which issues to present. In line with this theory, the media is able to act as a gatekeeper by selecting stories they...
Sep 23, 2019 | 2019, Civic Learning and Democratic Engagement, Immigration |
A delegation of UC San Diego students doing an alternative break on civic engagement with us this week joined us for a Tent Talk on the Quad to learn and talk about immigration. We heard from nearly 100 JMU students who shared their thoughts on the prompts:...
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