Media image and public opinion abou to immigration in Spain and Catalunya

Researchers: S.Cabezas, J.Velilla.

Period: 2006.
Funding: OPSHR and Regidoria de Dona i Drets Civils. Ajuntament de Barcelona
 

Contents: 1. Introduction. 2. Conceptual framework: immigration, public opinion and the theory of agenda-setting. 3. Analysis of El País, El Mundo and ABC. Definition of categories and quantification. 4. Portraits: the crowd versus embodiment. 5.Politization. “Social alarm”, “invasion”, “call effect” and “torrent of people”. 6. The origins: “the credibility is built”. 7.Vocabulary. How is said what is said and what is not said. 8. Catalan press and immigration. 9. Conclusions of opinion barometer. Immigration as a “problem”. 10. Main points of press attention.