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Media-Friendly Glossary on Migration: Women Migrant Workers and Ending Violence Against Women (EVAW) Edition
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Deepa Bharathi, Swathi Jakkula, Rebecca Napier-Moore, Valentina Volpe

International Labour Organization (ILO); Spotlight Initiative (2020), 23 pp.

"This glossary serves as a guide for journalists, researchers, trainers and other stakeholders who conduct trainings or write about women’s labour migration, and who write about violence against women in the context of migration. It has been compiled as part of the EU-UN Spotlight Initiative to El ... more

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Connecting with Confidence: Literature Review

Katie Drew, John Wannes, Aaron Martin, Silva Pelucchi

UNHCR (2020), 23 pp.

"Specifically, the review focuses on the means, barriers, and associated cybersecurity and privacy concerns that refugees face around connectivity. This includes but is not limited to mobile connectivity and social media, particularly in displacement contexts. While these subjects may at times inter ... more

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Information Seeking and Communication During Forced Migration: An Empirical Analysis of Refugees’ Digital Media Use and its Effects on Their Perceptions of Germany as Their Target Country

Martin Emmer, Marlene Kunst, Carola Richter

Global Media and Communication, volume 16, issue 2 (2020), pp. 167-186

"There is a common perception that ‘every refugee carries a smartphone’, but research on this phenomenon is limited. We conducted a representative survey of 400 refugees to Germany which provides insight into their use of digital media in preparation for and during forced migration. We also aske ... more

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Refugee Perception Data in Uganda

Ground Truth Solutions (2020), 8 pp.

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Guía de recolección de datos de personas migrantes

María Esther Cervantes

Montevideo: ILDA (2020), 47 pp.

"El objetivo de esta investigación es el desarrollo de una guía de recolección de datos de migración con el fin entender mejor las características de la población migrante. Las recomendaciones de este trabajo surgen a partir de tres casos de estudio en ciudades/regiones fronterizas: Monterrey ... more

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Media and Social Representations of Otherness: Psycho-Social-Cultural Implications

Terri Mannarini, Giuseppe A. Veltri, Sergio Salvatore (eds.)

Cham: Springer (2020), xiv, 148 pp.

"This book presents the main findings of an empirical exploration of media discourses on social representations of "otherness" in seven European countries. It focuses on the analysis of press discourses produced over a fifteen-year period (2000-2015) on three contemporary figures of otherness that c ... more

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Arab Resistance in the diaspora: Comparing the Saudi dissident and the Egyptian whistleblower

Sahar Khamis, Randall Fowler

Journal of Arab & Muslim Media Research, volume 13, issue 1 (2020), pp. 31-49

"While much research on Arab and Muslim diasporas in the West focuses on the War(s) on Terror, in this article, we explore how two particular diasporic groups, Egyptian and Saudi activists, work to shape public perceptions of the authoritarian regimes in their countries of origin. Contextualizing th ... more

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Assessing the Effectiveness of Online Facebook Campaigns Targeting Potential Irregular Migrants: A Pilot Study in Three West African Countries

Esther Haarman, Jasper Tjaden, Gustavo López

Geneva: International Organization for Migration (IOM) (2020), 41 pp.

"Studies have shown that many irregular migrants embark on journeys without accurate or complete information about migration. In response, IOM and other organizations run information campaigns intended to inform potential migrants of the dangers associated with irregular migration and to facilitate ... informed decisions. The use of online and social media platforms for these campaigns has become increasingly popular in recent years, due to their potential for quickly reaching millions of people at low cost. While the evidence base for offline information campaigns has been gradually improving, it remains unclear how online communication campaigns affect potential migrants, and methodologies to do this remain underdeveloped. This report therefore presents results from a pilot impact assessment of an online campaign based on Facebook posts in Guinea, Nigeria and Senegal during September 2019 and February 2020 [.] Conclusion: Facebook ad campaigns can reach many people quickly. However, large audience sizes and relatively cheap costs come with a trade-off. The impact of an information campaign on potential migrants’ perceptions, attitudes, knowledge and behaviour remains largely unknown because many Facebook users that engage with the campaign do not fit the intended target group. The advantage of offline over online campaigns is that implementers have more control and information about who attends activities or who is exposed to campaign content. The engagement of users with campaign posts varies largely by audience and post characteristics. Campaign and social media teams are well advised to conduct pilot tests before scaling up activities. Pilot tests can inform a customized approach for each online activity on Facebook, and thereby maximize impact. In addition to A/B tests, lift tests may offer a useful opportunity to test the impact of Facebook posts. Compared to impact assessments of offline information campaigns, measuring the impact of Facebook ads on potential migrants presents several unique challenges, including: Many potential migrants are not on Facebook or do not use ad content to seek information about migration. Internet connectivity is also limited in many West African countries. While Facebook allows users to narrow down target groups, it is not clear whether those Facebook users that are exposed to the content fit the profile of potential migrants. Whether the intended target group is reached can be affirmed only through surveys, which have a low response rate; It is not possible to interview the same Facebook users several times to track changes in their perceptions. Engagement metrics like post reactions, link clicks or video plays can be useful indicators. However, these low-engagement metrics do not offer clear evidence of the short- or long-term effects on Facebook users." (Executive summary) more

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The Digital Lives of Refugees and Kenyans with Disabilities in Nairobi: A Human-Centred Design Approach to Identifying Mobile-Enabled Opportunities

London: GSMA (2020), 46 pp.

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e-Media Toolkit on Migration: Trainer's Manual

FRA – European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (2019), 68 pp.

"This pilot toolkit has been devised by journalists and media trainers to help reporters and editors working on international migration. It will be the starting point of a broader project on how to cover news while maintaining respect for diversity and human rights. Its premise is that diversity and ... more

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Digital Diasporas: An Overview of the Research Areas of Migration and New Media Through a Narrative Literature Review

Kerstin B. Anderson

Human Technology, volume 15, issue 2 (2019), pp. 142-180

"Academic research on migration and the use of new media constitutes a growing field. The first studies dealing explicitly with the field appeared in the end of the 1990s. Now, it has become an established research area. The impact and importance of the new technologies for migrants is well establis ... more

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Information Hubs on Migration: Mesoamerica and the Caribbean

San José (CR): International Organization for Migration (IOM) (2019), ii, 70 pp.

"IOM presents the Handbook for Information Hubs on Migration, which is based on the model promoted by the Regional Programme on Migration in Mesoamerica and the Caribbean, an IOM programme implemented for more than 10 years with the aim of promoting humane and sustainable migration governance in the ... more

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Communicating Strategically About Immigrant Integration: Policymaker Perspectives

Aliyyah Ahad, Natalia Banulescu-Bogdan

Brussels: Migration Policy Institute Europe (MPIE) (2019), 26 pp.

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The Handbook of Diasporas, Media, and Culture

Jessica Retis, Roza Tsagarousianou (eds.)

Hoboken, NJ: Wiley Blackwell (2019), xviii, 602 pp.

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Media Representations and Refugees Crises: Framing of Afghan Refugees in Mainstream Print Media of Pakistan

Sumera Batool

Pakistan Social Sciences Review, volume 3, issue 1 (2019), pp. 461-473

"The main objective of the study is to analyze the framing of Afghan refugees in print media of Pakistan and attempts to generate a substantial body of information about the role of Pakistani media in this regard and presents the issues and problems of afghan refugees after the operation of Zarb-e- ... more

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Médias et intégration: Récits de vie d'immigrés et de leurs descendants

Alain Nana Ketcha

Paris: L'Harmattan (2019), 305 pp.

"Alain Nana Ketcha nous entraîne à travers une démarche empirique auprès d’immigrés subsahariens et de leurs descendants en banlieue parisienne, impliqués dans un processus transculturel de construction de soi. Ces derniers témoignent d’une tendance des médias à renvoyer une image plut� ... more

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Weaponised Information in Brazil: Digitising Hate

Diego Casaes, Yasodara Córdova

Tokyo: Toda Peace Institute (2019), 18 pp.

"In the last few years, the world information ecosystem has been flooded by the “fake news” phenomena, augmented by the widespread use of social media. The fragmentation and scale of the new communication tools help spread old ideologies, that uphold racism, homophobia, and oppression. This phen ... more

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Refugee News, Refugee Politics: Journalism, Public Opinion and Policymaking in Europe

Giovanna Dell'Orto, Irmgard Wetzstein (eds.)

New York; London: Routledge (2019), xxiv, 228 pp.

"What is the role of the news media in telling the story of the 2010s refugee crisis at a time of deepening crisis for journalism, as “fake news” ran rampant amid an increasingly distrustful public? This volume offers students, scholars, and the general reader original research and candid frontl ... more

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Reporting on Forced Labour and Fair Recruitment: An ILO Toolkit for Sri Lankan Journalists

Colombo: International Labour Organization (ILO) (2019), 34 pp.

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Silencing Hate: How to Report Migration and Counter Hate Speech Against Migrants

Danica Ilic, Natalie Konyalian

Media Diversity Institute (2019), 19 pp.

Media-Friendly Glossary on Migration: Women Migrant Workers and Ending Violence Against Women (EVAW) Edition Key Guidance

Media-Friendly Glossary on Migration: Women Migrant Workers and Ending Violence Against Women (EVAW) Edition
Key Guidance