Congratulations to Lily from the Tiffin Girls’ School who has won the Changing Perceptions Challenge, created by Ben Brindle – one of our #DataImpactFellows – with support from our impact team. Here is Lily’s winning entry.
Comparing media and public attitudes to research Media
In recent years, many media articles have tended to vietnam rcs data present the economic impacts of immigration as negative, harmful and as damaging to our economy. As well as this, many articles isolate immigrants and almost portray them as the causes of some economic problems in the UK.
However, if we look at these articles in depth, we can reveal the flaws within these arguments and compare them to actual statistics and data surrounding the impacts of immigration, which suggests that these claims are far from the truth.
One article from Hawkes on The Sun’s ‘Brits Not Fair’ explores the rising cases of unemployment in the UK and states that ‘330 000 posts were taken by foreign-born workers.’ The use of the verb taken almost depicts immigrants in a negative light, as it suggests the blame for unemployment is because of the jobs immigrants are being given.