The President on Spanish‐Language Television News

Eshbaugh-Soha, Matthew; Balarezo, Christine

doi:10.1111/ssqu.12042

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“…For example, one study conducted by examining Univisión and ABC affiliates in San Diego found that the Spanish language affiliate covered substantially more stories about local and national politics, politics relevant to Latinos, border and immigration issues, and included more in-depth reporting as measured by segment length (Moran 2006). In the context of presidential elections, a study comparing coverage by Telemundo and NBC found that candidate visits to border states receive greater coverage from Telemundo and that only Telemundo considered Latino sources in its coverage (Eshbaugh-Soha and Balarezo 2014). Consistent with this observation about content, another study found Spanish stations to be far more focused on Latino interests in the context of election reporting than English ones, perhaps underscoring the importance of voting for Latino audiences (Fowler, Hale, and Olsen 2009).…”

Section: Spanish and English Language Media Environmentsmentioning

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“…The contrasting qualities and fragmentation of SLM and ELM are substantial. In terms of content, substantive coverage of political campaigns and issues relevant to Latinos appears more prevalent in SLM than ELM (Moran 2006; Eshbaugh-Soha and Balarezo 2014; Medina Vidal and Subervi-Velez 2018). SLM also contrasts with ELM when it comes to priming and framing by presenting coverage of Latinos that is more positive, affirming, and inclusive, and less likely to portray Latinos as threatening (Casillas 2014; Medina Vidal and Subervi-Velez 2018; Branton and Dunaway 2008; Silber Mohamed and Farris 2020; Farris and Silber Mohamed 2018).…”

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Spanish Language Media Consumption and Latino Civic Engagement

Wilson,

Preuhs,

Gervais

2023

Political Research Quarterly

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Spanish language media is linked to multiple forms of Latino political mobilization, including protest, naturalization, and voting. However, recent research associates geographic access to Spanish language broadcasts with significantly lower rates of Latino voter participation. We engage this controversy by exploring whether relative consumption of Spanish and English language media shapes rates of civic and voter participation among Latinos using data from the 2016 Cooperative Multiracial Postelection Survey and our own 2021 survey. 1 Next, we test the hypothesis that Spanish language media acts through politicized identities to shape Latino civic engagement, as some theorize. We find strong association between Spanish language media consumption and politicized identities among Latinos but no evidence that these identities constitute a conduit through which Spanish language media mobilizes. Instead, our results show that the mobilizing effect of Spanish language media consumption on civic engagement is direct and independent of politicized identity. These findings indicate a need to explore whether Spanish language media consumption influences Latino participation through differences with English language media in terms of content and/or fragmentation that better educate Latinos to participate, reduce political alienation, or accomplish both.

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Section: Spanish and English Language Media Environmentsmentioning

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Spanish Language Media Consumption and Latino Civic Engagement

Wilson,

Preuhs,

Gervais

2023

Political Research Quarterly

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“…Studies have consistently found that SL news media has greater coverage of issues that are pertinent to U.S. Latinos such as immigration and health care, when compared to mainstream media (Abrajano and Singh 2009; Gomez-Aguinaga 2021; Subervi-Velez 1999); these news stories, at the same time, highlight the minority status of Latinos and Spanish speakers in the United States. SL news media also incorporates a large proportion of social and political news from Latin America, where most U.S. Latinos trace their heritage (Eshbaugh-Soha and Balarezo 2014). Additionally, compared to mainstream media, SL media has an abundant presence of Latino anchors and reporters, and it portrays Latinos more positively, continuously presenting them as family members, successful community members, and opinion leaders (Fowler et al 2009; Negrón-Muntaner et al 2014).…”

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Messaging “en Español”: The Impact of Spanish Language on Linked Fate Among Bilingual Latinos

Gómez-Aguiñaga

2021

The International Journal of Press/Politics

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While the number of U.S. residents who speak non-English languages at home is on the rise, little is known about the sociopolitical implications of exposure to minority languages among multilingual speakers in the United States. This study analyzes whether exposure to Spanish, a U.S. minority language, impacts perceptions of linked fate among bilingual Latinos, and if so, whether the consumption of ethnic media amplifies this effect. Through a population-based survey experiment among bilingual Latinos, this study finds that Latinos who are exposed to content in Spanish are more likely to report in-group linked fate than their counterparts exposed to the same message in English. Moreover, these effects are stronger among consumers of Spanish-language news. This study contributes to our understanding of the role of minority languages and ethnic media on pan-ethnic identities and highlights the importance of the growing linguistic diversity in the United States.

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“…A larger Latino population in the United States, for instance, correlates positively with increased programming and revenue on Spanish‐language television (Coffey, ). If the viewing audience indicates an interest in presidential news coverage, then we should witness more coverage of the president (Eshbaugh‐Soha and Balarezo, ).…”

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The Tone of Spanish‐Language Presidential News Coverage

Eshbaugh-Soha

2014

Social Science Quarterly

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Objectives I explore whether the tendency of English‐language news broadcasts to favor negative coverage of the president contrasts with Spanish‐language news coverage of the president, especially because a Latino news audience should prefer more positive stories of a Democratic president. I also examine whether presidential speeches and the political environment influence the tone of presidential news coverage. Methods I describe the tone of presidential news coverage and use ordinary least squares regression to explain influences on the tone of Spanish‐ and English‐language presidential news coverage for 85 broadcast days and over 50 stories each in early 2011. Results NBC Nightly News is more negative than Noticiero Telemundo is in its coverage of the U.S. president. Although higher presidential approval ratings offer the president more positive news coverage on both networks, Latino support for President Obama does not encourage mostly positive coverage of immigration coverage on Spanish‐language news. Conclusion Presidents can expect less negative coverage on Spanish‐language news, but not necessarily on immigration policy, an issue of central importance to the Latino community.

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The President on Spanish‐Language Television News

Cited by 7 publications

References 23 publications

Spanish Language Media Consumption and Latino Civic Engagement

Spanish Language Media Consumption and Latino Civic Engagement

Messaging “en Español”: The Impact of Spanish Language on Linked Fate Among Bilingual Latinos

The Tone of Spanish‐Language Presidential News Coverage

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