“THEY’RE NOT SENDING THEIR BEST:”  A LOOK AT TRUMP RHETORIC IN SELECTION OF NEWS MEDIA & THE IMPACT ON PUBLIC SENTIMENT & PERCEPTIONS OF MEXICAN IMMIGRANTS IN HAWAI‘I

Betancourt, Leslie

“THEY’RE NOT SENDING THEIR BEST:” A LOOK AT TRUMP RHETORIC IN SELECTION OF NEWS MEDIA & THE IMPACT ON PUBLIC SENTIMENT & PERCEPTIONS OF MEXICAN IMMIGRANTS IN HAWAI‘I

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Date

2021

Authors

Betancourt, Leslie

Advisor

Buente, Wayne

Department

Communication

Abstract

The past four years of the political climate in the United States has been an interesting one, to say the least. After the 2016 political election, the study of public perceptions on immigration has extensively increased especially in relation to bipartisan media selection. However, much of the research has evolved from the U.S. mainland and very little for the state of Hawai‘i. This study aims to understand how residents of Hawai‘i engage in selection of news media using selective avoidance and selective exposure as a theoretical background. Further, the study examines whether exposure or avoidance to conservative news media affects immigration sentiment and perceptions of Mexican immigrants on Hawai‘i residents. Hypotheses were tested through a mixed-method approach using Qualtrics and inductive coding where 35 respondents on the island of O’ahu were surveyed.

Keywords

Communication, Immigrants, News Media, Perceptions, Selective Avoidance, Selective Exposure, Sentiment

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/10125/75916

Extent

60 pages

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