Abstract:

The way digital news platforms represent migration issues can signifi-cantly impact intergroup relations and policymaking. A recurring question in thedebate on the role of news platforms is whether they merely transmit informa-tion on migration, or actively hype specific issues. Drawing on a comprehensiveset of socioeconomic statistics on migrants in Denmark, and employing a longitu-dinal automated content analysis of migration news content, we utilize time-seriesanalysis to understand how four distinct categories of threat (security, economic,cultural, and generalized) relate to socioeconomic data on terror attacks, migrantcrime levels, economic performance, and demographic trends. The results reveal adirect effect of terror attacks, economic performance, and demographic trends onmigration news. We discuss the implications of socioeconomic and demographicdevelopments as factors in digital media content to understand the role of mediaand substantiate contemporary debates

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