%0 Journal Article 
%A Boza Martínez, Diego
%T Crimmigration as Electoral Strategy: The Case of Brexit

%D 2020
%@ 1696-9219
%U http://hdl.handle.net/10498/35167
%X Immigration has become an election weapon. Some politicians disseminate a negative image of immigration to improve their electoral chances in several contexts. Rhetorically linking immigration  to  crime  was  a  strategy  utilized  to  gain  political  advantage  during  Brexit referendum. In this paper, we analysed front pages of British broadsheet newspapers and tabloids and their references to immigration in the two months preceding the referendum. We studied how these references were linked to crime and the evolution of the surveys and polls. Furthermore, we comparatively analysed the presence of immigration on front pages with other periods of time, both before and after that campaign. As a conclusion, we have been able to establish that Brexiters focused on immigration -mainly crimmigration-as a key element to win the referendum.

%K Brexit
%K crimigración
%K discurso del odio
%K campaña electoral
%K inmigración
%K crimmigration
%K hate speech
%K election campaign
%K immigration
%~ Universidad de Cádiz