The evolution of Latino threat narrative from 1997 to 2014

Wei, Kai; Lin, Yu-Ru

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Title

The evolution of Latino threat narrative from 1997 to 2014

Author(s)

Wei, Kai; Lin, Yu-Ru

Issue Date

2016-03-15

Keyword(s)

• text mining
• Latino threat narrative
• news media
• temporal events

Abstract

This study presents preliminary findings of a project focusing on the evolution of Latino threat narrative, a social process of portraying Latinos with derogatory terms. A total of 440,984 newspapers articles about Latinos across 13 news outlets from 1997 to 2014 were analyzed using text mining. The results of this study demonstrate the potential association between LTN in print news media and significant political and social events, including: September 11, 2001 terror event; passage of restrictive immigration legislation in 2001, 2002, 2005, and 2006; and mass protests against immigration reform in 2006. The study also reveals greater intensity in the use of LTN-related words during the (Republican) Bush administration than the immediately preceding and following (Democratic) administrations. This is the first work that uses text mining techniques to explore Latino threat narrative at a large scale over a long period of time.

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iSchools

Series/Report Name or Number

IConference 2016 Proceedings

Type of Resource

text

Language

eng

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.9776/16582

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