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Bad News for Refugees
Greg Philo
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Description for Bad News for Refugees
Hardback. Looks at how refugees and asylum seekers are stigmatised in political rhetoric and media coverage. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DVWR; 1H; JFFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 135 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
Bad News for Refugees analyses the political, economic and environmental contexts of migration and looks specifically at how refugees and asylum seekers have been stigmatised in political rhetoric and in media coverage.
Through forensic research, conducted through interviews and analysis of media accounts, a history of contemporary migration and asylum is written. The authors examine the various catalysts for migration, in doing so reveal how economic migrants, refugees and asylum seekers are often conflated by the media. They explain negative reactions to new arrivals, describing the benefit cheat, criminals and job stealing narratives that dominate anti-migrant discourse. ... Read more
Bad News for Refugees analyses the political, economic and environmental contexts of migration and looks specifically at how refugees and asylum seekers have been stigmatised in political rhetoric and in media coverage.
Through forensic research, conducted through interviews and analysis of media accounts, a history of contemporary migration and asylum is written. The authors examine the various catalysts for migration, in doing so reveal how economic migrants, refugees and asylum seekers are often conflated by the media. They explain negative reactions to new arrivals, describing the benefit cheat, criminals and job stealing narratives that dominate anti-migrant discourse. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Pluto Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745334332
SKU
V9780745334332
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99-1
About Greg Philo
Greg Philo was an activist academic and Professor of Communications and Social Change at Glasgow University. He co-founded Glasgow University Media Group, where he fearlessly uncovered news bias and power in the media. He co-authored Bad News for Labour, More Bad News from Israel and Bad News for Refugees, amongst other books. Emma Briant is a Lecturer in Journalism ... Read more
Reviews for Bad News for Refugees
'A compelling analysis of what is omitted from media accounts, which voices are left unheard, how simplifications and stereotypes are generated'
Professor James Curran, Goldsmiths, University of London 'An invaluable contribution to what has become one of the most emotive political issues of recent decades'
Lee Bunce, postmag.org 'An essential corrective to the lies much of the media ... Read more
Professor James Curran, Goldsmiths, University of London 'An invaluable contribution to what has become one of the most emotive political issues of recent decades'
Lee Bunce, postmag.org 'An essential corrective to the lies much of the media ... Read more