Stevenson, Riley2014-10-092014-10-092014-06https://hdl.handle.net/1794/18465140 pages. A thesis presented to the Department of Journalism and Communications, and the Clark Honors College of the University of Oregon in partial fulfillment of the requirements for degree of Bachelor of Arts, Spring 2014.This thesis employs critical discourse analysis to study the representation of immigrants in newspapers in southern Spain and the southwest United States. The research employs exploratory and ad-hoc analysis to draw conclusions regarding the use of vocabulary and metaphor in immigration news articles archived in national and regional newspapers over a two-month time period. The textual analysis is paired with a summary of social cognitive, agenda-setting, cultivation, and cognitivist media theories and in-depth interviews with migrants and journalists. In its conclusion, this thesis provides recommendations for journalists and publications in how to better improve immigration reporting.en-USAll Rights Reserved.Immigration discourseDiscourse analysisSouthern SpainSouthwest U.S.ImmigrantsMedia representationsNewspapersThesis / Dissertation