Why People Demand Border Restrictions: Journalistic Gate-Keeping, News Consumption, and Border Vetting

• In Event: Media's Influence on Public Opinion

Brief Overview

Why do people continue to demand stronger enforcement of external borders? We argue that journalists filter and citizens don't read news that would make people change their minds.

Authors

• Tobias Heinrich, University of South Carolina-Columbia

• Yoshi Kobayashi, University of Leeds

• Menevis Cilizoglu, St Olaf College