As part of the JOMEC Research Seminar Series at Cardiff University, Dr Mike Berry, Dr Inaki Garcia-Blanco and Dr Kerry Moore will give a talk titled 'Saving
Refugees or Policing the Seas? How the national press of five EU member states frame news coverage of migration’. The seminar will take place on Wednesday 11th November, between 4pm and 5.15pm in Rm 0.05, Bute Building.
Abstract: Migration from the Middle East and Africa to Europe has increasingly hit the headlines in recent years as the unprecedented scale of deaths at sea has gradually been recognised as a newsworthy and politically important story. This paper presents findings from a research project commissioned by UNHCR to measure how the issue of migration to Europe is currently framed in the news media across the EU. We compare the 2014-15 national press coverage of 5 member states: UK, Sweden, Germany, Spain and Italy, examining in particular the main themes of news coverage, how migrants are labelled, which actors have a voice in migration news, and the reasons for and responses to migration outlined. With an evidence base informing our understanding of how the news media as a key site (re)producing dominant public discourses currently articulates migration as an issue, the aim is to better inform the humanitarian interventions of UNCHR and other agencies in media and policy debates.
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Lina