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Record Nr.

UNINA9910465524603321

Autore

Batziou Athanasia

Titolo

Picturing immigration [[electronic resource] ] : photojournalistic representation of immigrants in Greek and Spanish press / / Athanasia Batziou

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bristol, UK ; ; Chicago, : Intellect, 2011

ISBN

1-283-16277-6

9786613162779

1-84150-503-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (122 p.)

Disciplina

305.9/0691209495022

778.993048

Soggetti

Immigrants - Press coverage - Greece

Immigrants - Press coverage - Italy

Photojournalism - Greece

Photojournalism - Italy

Electronic books.

Greece Emigration and immigration Press coverage

Italy Emigration and immigration Press coverage

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.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Preliminary Pages; Contents; Introduction; PART I; Chapter 1: Theoretical Considerations: Media Images and Framing; Chapter 2: Greece and Spain: Background Information; PART II; Chapter 3: The Visual Representation of Immigrants; Chapter 4: Analysis; Chapter 5: Conclusion; References; Back Cover

Sommario/riassunto

At the turn of the twentieth century, Greece and Spain saw an influx of immigrants from developing nations. And as their foreign populations grew, both countries' national media were there to document the change - in the process shaping perceptions of the immigrant groups by their new countries and the world.Picturing Immigration offers a comparative study of the photojournalistic framing of immigrants in these two southern European nations, which were recently transformed



from senders to receivers of migrants. Going beyond traditional media analysis, it focuses on images rather than text to e