ERIC Number: EJ1250163
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020-Mar-23
Pages: 26
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Discursive De/Humanizing: A Multimodal Critical Discourse Analysis of Television News Representations of Undocumented Youth
Education Policy Analysis Archives, v28 n47 Mar 2020
This article addresses television news coverage of the Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act of 2010, which would have created a path to legal residency for thousands of undocumented immigrants in the United States. Considering the role that news media play in socially constructing groups of people, through an analysis of English- and Spanish-language evening television news coverage of the DREAM Act of 2010, the author examined discursive practices used to represent undocumented youth in both dehumanizing and humanizing ways. The author discusses the implications of these types of discourses for education policy understanding by the public and education stakeholders.
Descriptors: Television, News Reporting, Undocumented Immigrants, Social Bias, Social Justice, Language Usage, Public Policy, Educational Legislation, Hispanic Americans, Racial Bias, Critical Theory, Race, English, Spanish
Colleges of Education at Arizona State University and the University of South Florida. c/o Editor, USF EDU162, 4202 East Fowler Avenue, Tampa, FL 33620-5650. Tel: 813-974-3400; Fax: 813-974-3826; Web site: http://epaa.asu.edu
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Development Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act
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