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Record Nr.

UNINA9910255447203321

Autore

Philo Greg

Titolo

Bad news for refugees / / Greg Philo, Emma Briant and Pauline Donald

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Pluto Press, 2013

ISBN

9781849649582

1849649588

9781849649575

184964957X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (ix, 203 pages) : illustrations

Altri autori (Persone)

Emma Briant

DonaldPauline

Disciplina

070.44936287

Soggetti

Refugees - Legal status, laws, etc - Great Britain

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

A brief history of contemporary migration and asylum -- Methods, explanations and perspectives on asylum -- Media content : press and TV samples, 2006 -- Case studies of media content, 2011 -- Impacts of media coverage on migrant communities in the United Kingdom.

Sommario/riassunto

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 it shows how hysterical and inaccurate media accounts act to legitimise political action which can have terrible consequences both on the lives of refugees and also on established migrant communities. Based on new research by the renowned Glasgow Media Group, Bad News for Refugees is essential reading for those concerned with the negative effects of media on public understanding and for the safety of vulnerable groups and communities in our society.