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What’s missing from coverage on migration? Migrants.
From The Guardian: “A study of media coverage, released today, looked at how migrant voices and experiences were framed in the run-up to last year’s election and came up with findings that, even if not entirely new, cast yet more light on a subject of continuing public interest. As its title implies, Victims and Villains* …
Denmark advert in Lebanon newspapers warns off refugees
Denmark has placed advertisements in four Lebanese newspapers announcing tighter regulations and cuts in provisions for asylum seekers. The advertisement published on Monday said that social assistance for newly arrived refugees was being reduced by up to 50 percent. Those granted temporary protection would not have the right to family reunification for the first year …
Interactive learning resource: Language of Belonging (2010)
Language of Belonging is a multi-platform education resource based on the ground breaking Indigenous animation Wadu Matyidi. Designed specifically for Primary-aged students, this diverse learning program explores Adnyamathanha language, culture, stories and traditions, encouraging students to develop their own portfolio and cultural understanding. This is an interactive game, based on the Wadu Matyidi animation, exploring the language and …
“Illegal,” “undocumented,” “unauthorized”: Issue frames and perceptions of immigrants
Source: Journalist’s Resource “Illegal” — the label used by many to describe immigrants who lack official documents — is more and more frequently being swapped out for terms like “undocumented” or “unauthorized.” In April 2013, the Associated Press pledged to purge “illegal” in its style book, reserving the term only as a descriptor for actions, …
Comparative Pilot Study on Media Coverage of Migration
Can mainstream media be assumed to reflect in a constructive manner upon one of society’s most salient issues – migration? If so, will migration coverage be able to provide a pertinent representation of the particular preoccupations and circumstances that come into play in each country? Moreover, do election campaigns influence media treatment of this sensitive, …
Democracy in the Age of New Media: A Report on the Media and the Immigration Debate
Source: Brookings The U.S. media have hindered effective policy making on immigration for decades, and their impact has been increasing in recent years as a result of an ongoing evolution in the media industry. Deeply ingrained practices in American journalism have produced a narrative that conditions the public to associate immigration with illegality, crisis, controversy …
Istanbul Bookstore Caters To Syrian Refugees In Need Of A Good Read
After four years of war, Syrians are everywhere in Istanbul — on street corners, squatting in abandoned buildings. But a new venture run by Syrian and Turkish book lovers aims to be a cultural oasis for Arabic readers, and, along the way, give Turks a fuller picture of the Syrians, Iraqis and Libyans increasingly filling …
Bachata Takeover: From the Bronx to the World
“While bachata may have originated in the Dominican Republic, its growth in popularity over the past 10 years is not rooted with in the shores of the small Caribbean nation but in the outer boroughs of New York City. It was here that the now-legendary bachata group Aventura formed. Aventura would go on to change the …
Pidgin, patois, slang, dialect, creole — English has more forms than you might expect
There are probably as many terms for different kinds of English vernacular as there are vernaculars themselves: pidgin, patois, slang, creole dialect and so on. [From Public Radio International] CLICK HERE to listen.
The U.K.’s “Go Home” Campaign
In 2013 an official probe was launched into claims that the Home Office “Go Home or Face Arrest” advertisement campaign targeting illegal immigrants is racist and offensive. There was a formal investigation by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) into the controversial posters, which are being driven around on two vans in six London boroughs. …
Can Kenya Convince Somali Refugees To Head Home?
Advertising in connection with migration and refugees is not the first thing that comes to mind, but the connection goes back to the beginnings of modern migration in the 18th century. In recent years, unlike the advertising of the past in which trading ships and companies extolled the virtues of “the new world” to would-be …
New “Going Home” Immigration Posters Shameful
The language of advertising to recruit, and more recently, to de-recruit, immigrants provides a mostly unexamined aspect of the rationales provided for why people move. Negative advertising about one’s own country as a means to deter refugees and migrants from seeking asylum there is a new development in the ongoing story of human migration and …