Frame Immigration / 50 pts. (About 500 words) Choose one of the activities below (from It’s Your Turn, p. 139, #1-4): Identify which writing prompt you are responding to. Review a few editions of your local newspaper, a national newspaper or find newspapers from Texas, New Mexico or California. Look for stories about immigration, and count how many times you find the frames mentioned in œWhat’s In a Name? (Lind, 5.2) What do these frames tell you about the people who are here without permission? What do these frames tell you about the reporters and newspapers that published these stories? Look for two sets of stories, one about immigrants from Central America and one about immigrants from Asia, Africa or Europe. Find at least two articles for each set. Compare the framing of immigrant groups from C.A. to those from other parts of the world. Are the stories about certain immigrants framed more positively than the stories about others? What are keywords and frames used by the media in reporting on different immigrant populations? Which groups are treated more sympathetically by the media? Which groups get the most negative coverage? Why do you think this is? Compare the difference between how mainstream and alternative media cover immigration in terms of both keywords and frames. Find a conservative paper, a liberal paper, a conservative news blog and a liberal news blog. What differences do you see in the way each address the topic of immigration? How do the different media use photos and graphics in reporting on immigrants? (Note: The New Times is an alternative source for the Phoenix area.) Interview a member of the media who is identified as a member of an immigrant community. Ask your interviewee what insights he or she has into the unique challenges of reporting on news about immigrant groups. What biases has she or he personally encountered from the œdominant community?