Running on fear: immigration, race and crime framings in contemporary GOP presidential debate discourse

This analysis explores the use of "race-baiting," known herein as "racially divisive appeals" (RDAs), and crime frames in Republican (GOP) presidential debate discourse during the 2008 and subsequent election cycles. RDAs which mobilize images of minorities as criminals, terroris...

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Main Author: Brown, Jessica Autumn (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2016
In: Critical criminology
Year: 2016, Volume: 24, Issue: 3, Pages: 315-331
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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Keywords:
Election Cycle
Human Trafficking
Semantic Framing
Unauthorized Immigration
Undocumented Migrant
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Summary:This analysis explores the use of "race-baiting," known herein as "racially divisive appeals" (RDAs), and crime frames in Republican (GOP) presidential debate discourse during the 2008 and subsequent election cycles. RDAs which mobilize images of minorities as criminals, terrorists, or as populations engaged in voter or welfare fraud, are analyzed. While the strategic exploitation of racial animus in American politics has tended to be associated with the "Southern Strategy," wherein GOP politicians wooed southern whites by fueling anxieties about blacks, this research finds that modern RDAs focus more on appealing to fears about immigrants. Reasons for this shift, as well some of the varied discursive techniques and narrative content of contemporary RDAs, are explored.
Item Description:Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 329-331
ISSN:1572-9877
DOI:10.1007/s10612-016-9317-8