Pub. date: 2009 | Online Pub. Date: December 16, 2009 | DOI:
10.4135/9781412972048 | Print ISBN: 9780761929574 | Online ISBN:
9781412972048| Publisher:SAGE Publications, Inc.About this
encyclopedia Immigration, Coverage of As a nation of immigrants,
the United States' relation to the many waves of newcomers is
complex, and the reaction that greets the recent arrivals
varies. The role of journalism as it relates to immigration is
multifaceted: immigrant news outlets help orient the newcomers;
mainstream news operations seek to explain to the larger society
the makeup of the immigrant community, the underlying forces
that pushed those newcomers out of their country, and those that
drew them here. Journalists covering the topic of immigration,
whether working for immigrant or mainstream media organizations,
strive to explore and analyze the impact of immigrant
populations. Immigration is a perpetual subject of news stories
in the United States. Mainstream outlets at times have embraced
newcomers, and the labor a