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Friedman, Kathie Van Horne, Jessica Marie 2018-07-31T21:08:06Z 2018-07-31 2018 VanHorne_washington_0250O_18593.pdf http://hdl.handle.net/1773/42153 Thesis (Master's)--University of Washington, 2018 The British vote to leave the European Union in 2016 came as a major surprise to politicians and scholars. Pre-referendum scholarship indicated that while British voters had concerns about cultural issues, such as identity and immigration, they would ultimately decide based on economic considerations. However, post-referendum voter surveys and scholarship showed that immigration was a key issue for many Leave and Undecided voters. This paper addresses why immigration was such a significant issue, and why it was so closely tied to leaving the EU, by discussing how the official campaigns and print media sources prioritized and characterized the issue. I argue that the relative prominence of immigration in media coverage, and the increased likelihood that newspapers would use Leave-associated frames, which also corresponded with pre-existing negative attitudes towards immigrants, contributed to immigration’s overall salience and strong ties to Leave. application/pdf en_US CC BY-NC-ND Agenda-setting Brexit European Union Framing Political communications United Kingdom Public policy Communication European studies International studies Unsustainable and Uncontrolled: Framing Immigration During the Brexit Campaign Thesis Restrict to UW for 1 year -- then make Open Access 2019-07-31T21:08:06Z open.access