ABSTRACT
With negative attitudes toward immigration rising in nearly all segments of the population in both the United States and the European Union, 1 it is perhaps not surprising that numerous studies, including new research in the previous chapters, indicate that the news media in these countries can play an important role in making immigration a more salient issue and, often, in fomenting and perpetuating anti-immigrant attitude by emphasizing the illegal elements of immigration, engaging in the use of stereotypes, and focusing on individual cases while ignoring the larger structural forces at work. 2 The international media landscape of the 21st century, however, is being reshaped by a rise of the rest—the Doha-based Al Jazeera networks, both Arabic and English, are an increasingly crucial player in the global flow of news.
