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Public Opinion, Party Politics, Policy, and Immigration News in the United Kingdom

This paper investigates links between news coverage of immigration issues, public opinion, political party positions, and Parliamentary actions on immigration policy in the UK.

It finds strong relations among news, opinion, and party attention, but weak relations between those factors and policy enactment.

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Professor Robert G. Picard

Professor Robert G Picard is a world-leading specialist on media economics and government media policies. He is a fellow of the Royal Society of the Arts and served as Director of Research at the Reuters Institute from 2010 to 2014. He was formerly based... Read more about Professor Robert G. Picard

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Professor Robert G. Picard

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Public Opinion, Party Politics, Policy, and Immigration News in the United Kingdom

Meet the authors

Professor Robert G. Picard

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Professor Robert G. Picard

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