Newmark J-school releases first-ever study on AAPI news history

Staff | Social Media Center

The Asian Media Initiative at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism Center for Social Media releases groundbreaking report on the evolution of the news media ecosystem for Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) in the U.S.

This report—AAPI Media: Origins and Futures—comes on the centennial of the Immigration Act of 1924 (Johnson-Reed Act), which banned all immigration from Asia. Today, AAPI communities face commonalities in rising anti-Asian violence, xenophobic property bans, and inflammatory anti-immigration rhetoric, and yet they will play an increasingly important role in the 2024 elections.

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