Chapter 8 – Media reporting of migrants and migration

Allen, William; Blinder, Scott; McNeil, Robert

doi:10.1002/wom3.8

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“…Finally, there is a rich vein of research in a number of countries exploring the relationships between the mediation of migration, politics, and public opinion, which has provided evidence about how people think about migration, how politicians prioritise immigration on the policy agenda, and on the perceptions, behaviours, and attitudes of migrants themselves (Allen, Blinder, & McNeil, ). The British context is not entirely without these kinds of perspectives, but we know far more about its news content than we do about how that content helps to shape (or is shaped by) political realities.…”

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Immigration and the British news media: Continuity or change?

Smith

Deacon

2018

Sociology Compass

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This article examines research carried out over the last 40 years in the area of media and migration in the British context. This thematic review of more than 60 empirical studies explores how U.K. media attention to the immigration issue has fluctuated over time, but has displayed consistent negativity in its terms of reference, exclusionary features, and significant interpretative limitations, not least in the conflation of distinct types of migration.

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Immigration and the British news media: Continuity or change?

Smith

Deacon

2018

Sociology Compass

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“…stable government, government effectiveness) are also strongly linked with it. In regions with more media freedom, migration will be covered more frequently by news media (Allen et al, 2018). For example, the declining visibility of migration in Chinese and Russian media coverage may signal declining levels of emphasis on migration among national and regional elites in these countries.…”

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Integration policies and threat perceptions following the European migration crisis: New insights into the policy-threat nexus

Coninck

Solano²,

Joris³

et al. 2021

International Journal of Comparative Sociology

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The link between integration policies and intergroup attitudes or threat perceptions has received considerable attention. However, no studies so far have been able to explore how this relationship changed following the European migration crisis due to a lack of recent comparative policy data. Using new MIPEX data, this is the first study to examine mechanisms underlying the policy-threat nexus following the European migration crisis, distinguishing between several strands of integration policies, and realistic and symbolic threat. To do so, we combine 2017 Eurobarometer data with 2017 Migrant Integration Policy data, resulting in a sample of 28,080 respondents nested in 28 countries. The analyses also control for economic conditions, outgroup size, and media freedom. Multilevel analyses indicate that respondents living in countries with more inclusive integration policies in general report lower realistic and symbolic threat. When investigating different policy strands, we find that inclusive policies regarding political participation and access to nationality for immigrants are associated with lower realistic and symbolic threat. We compare our findings to those from prior to the European migration crisis and discuss the potential role of this crisis in the policy-threat nexus.

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“…1 In one day of competition, gold medals were won in rowing, cycling and athletics, with the day culminating in three of the medals being achieved within 46 minutes. These medals were won by Jessica Ennis, in the women’s heptathlon, Greg Rutherford, in the men’s long jump and Mo Farah, in the men’s 10,000 m. 2 The combined success of Ennis, Rutherford and Farah would be heralded as a significant moment for British multiculturalism (Allen and Blinder, 2012; Hyland, 2014; Mitra, 2014; Poulton and Maguire, 2012; Stephens, 2015; Sunak and Rajeswaran, 2014). 3 Indeed, Mitra (2014) noted thatas much as this was about being the greatest night in British athletics, as well as one of the finest ever in British sport, it was also about how the events at the Olympic stadium that night spoke to the multiculturalism and diversity that Great Britain wished the watching world to appreciate through the prism of the Olympic Games.…”

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‘As British as fish and chips’: British newspaper representations of Mo Farah during the 2012 London Olympic Games

Black

2016

Media, Culture & Society

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That is, rather than simply highlighting how the national press serve to reproduce simple 'us' and 'them' binaries, this article draws upon Elias and Scotson's (1994) established-outsider perspective in order to examine how the discursive construction of the 'nation' rests upon a dynamic process of identifying and managing 'outsider' individuals. As a result, while 'outsider' groups are frequently subjected to negative media portrayals, it is argued that Farah's significance was underscored by discourses that sought to highlight his assimilated Britishness and through his promotion as a symbol of Britain's achieved multiculturalism.

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Chapter 8 – Media reporting of migrants and migration

Cited by 10 publications

References 107 publications

Immigration and the British news media: Continuity or change?

Immigration and the British news media: Continuity or change?

Integration policies and threat perceptions following the European migration crisis: New insights into the policy-threat nexus

‘As British as fish and chips’: British newspaper representations of Mo Farah during the 2012 London Olympic Games

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