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Images of Immigrants and Refugees: Media Representations, Public Opinion and Refugees' Experiences

Images of Immigrants and Refugees: Media Representations, Public Opinion and Refugees' Experiences

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Writing InstructionGeneral SociologyImmigration & Refugees

ISBN10: 9462701806
ISBN13: 9789462701809
Publisher: Leuven University Press
Published: Jun 15 2019
Pages: 200
Weight: 0.66
Height: 0.44 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

The topic of migration has become particularly contentious in national and international debates. Media have a discernable impact on overall societal attitudes towards this phenomenon. Polls show time and again that immigration is one of the most important issues occupying people's minds. 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 determinants of people's preferences regarding migration policy, expectations towards newcomers, and economic, humanitarian and cultural concerns about immigration's effect on the majority population's life. Whilst migrants and refugees remain voiceless and highly underrepresented in the legacy media, this volume allows their voices to be heard.

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