Trump, the Mass Media, and Immigration Politics in the 2016 Election

• In Event: Race and the Media

Brief Overview

We test the influence of elites and the media by counting newspaper references to immigration, we determine whether these references were prompted by Trump himself or other actors, and we measure their impact on public concern over immigration.

Authors

• Daniel Chomsky, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

• Natasha Altema McNeely, The University of Texas - Rio Grande Valley