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Vulnerable Landscapes: Case Studies of Violence and Disinformation
Washington, DC: Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (2019), 19 pp.
"Disinformation existed in the past, but the growing ubiquity of social media grants political actors increasing capacity to spread dangerous rhetoric and imagery in their pursuit of power. Incendiary content has the potential to catalyze mob violence, riots, and vigilantes taking the law into their
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Ethics and Aesthetics in Contemporary African Cinema: The Politics of Beauty
London: Bloomsbury Academic (2019), xii, 364 pp.
"Since the beginnings of African cinema, the realm of beauty on screen has been treated with suspicion by directors and critics alike. James S. Williams explores an exciting new generation of African directors, including Abderrahmane Sissako, Mahamat-Saleh Haroun, Fanta Regina Nacro, Alain Gomis, Ne
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Images of Immigrants and Refugees in Western Europe: Media Representations, Public Opinion, and Refugees' Experiences
Leuven: Leuven University Press (2019), 207 pp.
"This book examines the dynamic interplay between media representations of migrants and refugees on the one hand and the governmental and societal (re)actions to these on the other. Largely focusing on Belgium and Sweden, this collection of interdisciplinary research essays attempts to unravel the d
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Weaponised Information in Brazil: Digitising Hate
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
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Zwischen „Flüchtlingskrise“ und „Migrationspakt“: Mediale Lernprozesse auf dem Prüfstand
Frankfurt am Main: Otto Brenner Stiftung (2019), 66 pp.
Médias et intégration: Récits de vie d'immigrés et de leurs descendants
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
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"This study places the most common recommendation from practitioners—that migration communication should be based on values—within the broader scientific literature by introducing Schwarz’s psychological theory of ‘basic human values’ and then using European Social Survey data to visualise
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Refugees on Film: Assessing the Political Strengths and Weaknesses of the Documentary Style
Alphaville: Journal of Film and Screen Media, issue 18 (2019), pp. 107-122
"The article considers one dominant tendency of independent filmmaking, and its impact on the treatment of the refugee (broadly conceived): the application of contemporary documentary methods to both fiction and nonfiction works. The goal is a preliminary exploration of the complex, context-sensitiv
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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
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Setting the Agenda for Research on Media and Migration: State-of-the-Art and Directions for Future Research
Mass Communication & Society, volume 22, issue 6 (2019), pp. 691-707
"This special issue includes seven studies that provide novel insights into the relationship between media and migration, both from a theoretical and empirical point of view. The articles cover both strands of literature discussed above and thus deal with the coverage of migration and migrants, as w
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A Study on State Policies and Media Coverage in Bangladesh and Myanmar on the Issue of Repatriation of Rohingya Refugees
University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh, Master Thesis (2019), 32 pp.
"Bangladesh hosts about one million Rohingya Muslim refugees from Rakhine State of Myanmar, majority of them fled to the country following a deadly military crackdown on the community in response to Rohingya militant attacks on Myanmar security forces on August 25, 2017. The United Nations termed th
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Collaborating with Refugees: Power, Ethics and Reciprocity in Documentary Filmmaking
Alphaville: Journal of Film and Screen Media, issue 18 (2019), pp. 160-174
"Representing stories through documentary film can offer a means to convey multilayered and sensory accounts of the lived experiences of people in extreme transition, especially former refugees. However, along with the potential of this medium comes the responsibility to engage with participants in
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Media Framing Dynamics of the ‘European Refugee Crisis’: A Comparative Topic Modelling Approach
Journal of Refugee Studies, volume 32, issue 1 (2019), pp. 173-182
"The complexity and duration of the so-called ‘European refugee crisis’ created a climate of uncertainty, which left ample room for mass media to shape citizens’ understanding of what the arrival of these refugees meant for their respective country. This study analyses the national media disco
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European Media Migration Report: How Media Cover Migration and Intra-EU Mobility in Terms of Salience, Sentiment and Framing
Vienna; Madrid: REMINDER - Role of European Mobility and its Impact in Narratives, Debates and EU Reforms; University of Vienna; Universidad Rey Juan Carlos (2019), 89 pp.
"The aim of this report is to offer a broad overview of migration (both immigration and emigration) discourses in European media for researchers in comparative media and migration studies in the coming years. It also aims at those involved in journalistic news production as well as policy decisions
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GFMD Thematic Workshop “Narratives on Migration: Toward Evidence-Based Communication”, 4-5 July 2019, Mohammed VI International Conference Center, Skhirat, Morocco: Highlights of Proceedings
Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD) (2019), 10 pp.
"As the Global Compact for for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (GCM) states in its guiding principles, "we also must provide all our citizens with access to objective, evidence-based, clear information about the benefits and challenges of migration, with a view to dispelling misleading narrative
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Seascapes of Solidarity: Refugee Cinema and the Representation of the Mediterranean
Alphaville: Journal of Film and Screen Media, issue 18 (2019), pp. 38-53
"Films about refugees have been embraced by accented cinema. Indeed, exilic filmmakers continue to test the boundaries of cinema, and specifically its strong bonds with nation and land. But not all exiles are refugees. This article offers that for Arab refugees the journeys across the sea define the
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