Documentary Analysis Report: Media Influence on UK Immigration Debate

This report provides a documentary analysis of the media's role in the UK immigration debate. It examines articles discussing immigration's impact on population growth, cultural issues, and the economy. The analysis covers media representations of immigration before and after Brexit, highlighting the use of moral panic and the construction of otherness. The report also explores how media coverage shapes public opinion and influences policy. It concludes that understanding media's role is crucial for addressing the complex issue of immigration in the UK. Desklib offers a platform for students to access similar solved assignments and study resources.

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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION......................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY.............................................................................................................................3
Documentary analysis............................................................................................................3
Discussion..............................................................................................................................6
CONCLUSION..........................................................................................................................7
REFERENCES...........................................................................................................................8
Books and Journals:...............................................................................................................8
Online:....................................................................................................................................8

INTRODUCTION
Immigration is defined as the process through which individuals become permanent
residents another country. There are many reasons through which people of one country will
be become immigrants of another country such as employment. But every day rising in
immigration becomes an issue for countries as it increases population for country. UK is one
of the country in which immigration is increasing every day. It is found that high immigration
is driving rapid population growth. In UK, it is identified that immigration added 1 million
populations in every 3 years. This is the documentary report which aims to analysing
different articles in order to understand the role of media on the issue of immigration in the
UK. Media is playing a very important role as it helps to increasing awareness in the about
the issues in the market. In addition to this, media's role is necessary to understand so that
government of UK is able to find the solution for issue of immigration. It is necessary that
immigration should be in the limit so that UK is able to control the population growth.
MAIN BODY
Documentary analysis
Media definitely do matter: Brexit, immigration, climate change and beyond
It is analyzed that there is great role of media. They publish all the information related
to immigrants. They try to change the opinion of the public. Basically the idea is pervasive,
across many political and social science sub-disciplines, and in non-academic commentary.
All the audience is ready to study everything and the changes that take place. It becomes a
political issue and the normal also get involved in the same (Carmona-Serrano and et.al.
2020). The consequences are different at different point of time. There is regular
development seen in the mass media and the issue is shown. Media coverage is done in the
aspect. The debate goes on as all the media channels have their own point of view and that
give rise to debate. They try to give arguments so that the best argument takes lead. They are
new articles being published and due to which panic arise at some time. The media considers
and observes the behaviour of people on the model they observe of the media. It necessarily
gives fuel to further unacceptable behaviour. It is seen that, there is discussion related to the
entire moral panic situation and the audience get involved. It is one of the major topics that
are being covered by the media so that British people are able to know more about the issue

and then reflect the situation. The news production is guided with right set of information
(Sleeman and et.al., 2018). All the work is being produced in such a manner that the audience
are involved and start giving suggestions so that all the problems can be sorted. Sometimes,
the media works to capture the attention and for the same reason they launch campaigns that
create fear among the audience.
News media representation on EU immigration before Brexit: the ‘Euro-Ripper’ case
Bibliographic information for the article
Martins, M. News media representation on EU immigration before Brexit: the ‘Euro-Ripper’
case. Humanit Soc Sci Commun 8, 11 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-020-00687-5
Who owns the news publication?
The owner of this article is Marta Martins who belongs to University of Minho,
Institute for social science.
Who is this publication aimed at?
This publication is aimed at representation of news media on European Union
immigration before Brexit. There was a special case which i.e. Euro Ripper. It is identified in
the European Union that there is high level of mobility of people who move from one place
to another in order to look better quality of life (Portice and Reicher, 2018). It is also found
that the main focus is of UK media was immigration from eastern European countries. On
23rd June 2016, there is some hate crimes were increasing which is linked to migration
issues. So that's why this paper aims to reveal that how the newspaper articles represented
media driven and creative anxieties about opening borders in European Union.
How is the group/thing represented in the article?
The case is represented Euro Ripper which is a mediated criminal event. There were
two UK newspapers which published this case in The Independent and the Daily Mail. The
case is represented on the basis of critical surveillance studies and also uses cultural media
studies.
How bias is the article and in what ways does this present itself?
It is identified in this article that the used case of Euro Ripper which is found to be the
criminal case is one of the example of wireless media coverage as it linked to migrants. Due

to this, it is identified that case received significant media coverage as it had an efficiency of
transactional exchange of DNA data in European Union.
Is it suitable for academic study?
It is identified that this article is found to be important in the respect of academic
study because immigration is necessary to understand by every student as it is not a concept
which can be not disclosing. So it is suitable for academic study as it helps students to
understand the role of media in the issue of immigration in UK.
Justice Claims in UK Media Narratives: Normative Orientations and EU Migration
Governance
Bibliographic information for the article
Justice Claims in UK Media Narratives: Normative Orientations and EU Migration
Governance, 2019. [Online] Available through:
<https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03932729.2019.1641780>
Who owns the news publication?
Cinzia Bevitori & Antonio Zotti are the owners of this publication in which one
belongs to University of Bologna, and other one is from b Università Cattolica del Sacro
Cuore, Milan respectively.
Who is this publication aimed at?
The aim of this article is to identify a massive influx of foreigners into country which
covers by UK media narratives. It includes both European Union migration governance and
normative orientations (Green, 2018). This article is identified that immigration is not only
become a social issue which needs to be managed and understood but also becomes a strong
sentiments and moral qualms. It is found that European Union and UK act as a normative
actor according to this article.
How is the group/thing represented in the article?
This article identified some research conducted in the project of Globus
Reconsidering European Contribution to global justice. The article is presented the article
form. In addition to this, Britain's debate on migration is represented not only as a topic but
also as an actor.

How bias is the article and in what ways does this present itself?
There are some structural bases found in this article which gives an impact on the
writing of articles. It is found to be a bias which occurs due to the consequence of task
structure.
Is it suitable for academic study?
Yes, it is suitable for the academic studies as there are inclusions of European Union
immigration which it is very important and prominent component for Britain's debate on the
concept of migration. Students are able to understand that why it is necessary for a country to
understand the issue of immigration.
Discussion
There are few articles which represented that how BDS play an important role in the
contribution to the crisis. From the discussion of the articles, it is identified that everyday
immigration is increasing which is not only become a social issue but also the company an
economic issue ((Alesina, Miano and Stantcheva, 2018). The reason behind this is it attacks
on the sentiments and moral qualms and also on the population growth of UK. After the
World War II, UK is identifying that every day the immigration is increasing and day started
to record all the data related to immigrants people. According to newspaper articles, it is
identified that in every three years there is an addition of 1 million people of immigrants in
UK which shows that how they are increasing population growth. It is necessary to control as
it provided many negative impacts in which cultural issue is one of the important issues. It is
identified that these articles are based on cultural media studies and critical surveillance.
Authors of the articles are elaborating on the notion of moral panic which is dramatized by
the media. It mobilises otherness which is a specific compositions by constructing
criminalising and suspicion inequality. There was the discussion of ethnic and social groups
and nationalities. From the discussion of these articles, it is identified that immigration is
becoming one of the important issue in now these days because it is not a social issue as it
provides a great impact on the economy. There are many positive impacts as well as negative
impacts found but it is crucial for the country to reduce the negative consequences (Eberl and
et,al., 2018). It is found that if there is a continuous increment in immigration then it will
results to a high population growth. It is also found that these articles are very important for
the academic study because it provides an overview that how European's refugee crisis were
increasing. It is identify that media portrays risk and insecurity due to rising immigration. In

addition to this, according to news media it is found that there is a continuously legitimacy
and raised awareness related to the topic of migration which enables folk devil to cross
borders. This postulates an ideology which focuses on converges on a relationship of criminal
and intransigence convictions. From the analysis of these articles, it is identified that how the
media intersect different geographical and social spaces in which migration is including.
There was also a discussion of suspicion targets' categories which was constructed by media.
These targets are previously created and suspect communities which is now socially
accepted. It is helpful in reshaping the understanding of communities and identities of
specific or particular social and ethnic group. It is also identified that immigration is
becoming a salient component of Britain's debate. Due to this, it is continuing even after
progressive detachment from European Union. These are the important reasons that
pressurise two students to understand the concept of immigration and the role of media.
CONCLUSION
From the above report, it is analysed that there is need to take proper details of an
article so that analysis can be done properly. In this report there is discussion related to role
of media on the issue of immigration in the UK. It is necessary to find out articles related to
the topic and then collect proper information related to them and integrate the same. All the
aspects related to the documentary of being then analysed so that all the information is
mentioned. There is evaluation of the owner of news publication as well is what is the aim of
publication in and why have they choose in this article. Along with that there is discussion
related to the group that is being represented in the article and is there any biasness being
observed to present the views. The suitability of article must be check so that it the right one
is used. Along with that the major part of this report is discussion. Where there is an analysis
of the main trends used by media to capture the attention of audience. There is discussion
related to the panic situation been caused by news productions and coverage done. The
proper care of audience and their role in shaping the media is being analysed.

REFERENCES
Books and Journals:
Alesina, A., Miano, A. and Stantcheva, S., 2018. Immigration and redistribution (No.
w24733). National Bureau of Economic Research.
Carmona-Serrano, and et.al.,2020. Documentary analysis of the scientific literature on autism
and technology in Web of Science. Brain Sciences, 10(12), p.985.
Eberl, J. M., and et,al., 2018. The European media discourse on immigration and its effects:
A literature review. Annals of the International Communication Association, 42(3),
pp.207-223.
Green, L., 2018. The effect of immigration on UK house prices. School of Economics
L13500-Economics Dissertation, The University of Nottin
Portice, J. and Reicher, S., 2018. Arguments for European disintegration: A mobilization
analysis of anti‐immigration speeches by UK political leaders. Political
Psychology, 39(6), pp.1357-1372.
Sleeman, K.Eand et.al.,2018. Is end-of-life care a priority for policymakers? Qualitative
documentary analysis of health care strategies. Palliative medicine, 32(9), pp.1474-
1486.
Online:
Media definitely do matter: Brexit, immigration, climate change and beyond, 2018. [Online]
Available through: <https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1369148118799260>