Media and forced migrations: social representations of refugees in the Portuguese media in two mediatic peaks (2015 and 2019)
Forced migration movements marked the economic, political, and social agenda in 2015. Consequently, these events also determined the agenda of the media, which took on an essential role in the social representation of refugees. In 2019, when humanitarian ships found it hard to dock at European ports...
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openedition-oai:revues.org:cs_4165 en https://journals.openedition.org/cs/4165 2021-02-09T01:00:00Z info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess article info:eu-repo/semantics/article urn:handle:20.500.13089/eyoq https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ Media and forced migrations: social representations of refugees in the Portuguese media in two mediatic peaks (2015 and 2019) Comunicação e sociedade Centro de estudos de comunicação e sociedade info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/2183-3575 info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/1645-2089 URI:https://journals.openedition.org/cs Santos-Silva, Dora Guerreiro, Débora refugees social representations human rights journalism migratory crisis forced migration refugiados representações sociais jornalismo de direitos humanos crise migratória migração forçada Forced migration movements marked the economic, political, and social agenda in 2015. Consequently, these events also determined the agenda of the media, which took on an essential role in the social representation of refugees. In 2019, when humanitarian ships found it hard to dock at European ports, we saw another peak in media coverage. The purpose of this article is to analyse how the Portuguese media covered the theme of forced migration during two of the most relevant moments (2015 and 2019) and thus, how they contributed to the social representation of refugees. After a content analysis, we concluded that the newspapers on which our study focused undervalued refugees as individuals with their own identity, reducing them to a homogeneous and voiceless group. This trend, already present in 2015, was further emphasised in 2019. There was a clear absence of explanatory articles, with the media output showing a predominance of western perspective and a constant reliance on news agencies as sources. Os movimentos migratórios forçados marcaram a agenda económica, política e social em 2015 e, nessa sequência, a dos média, que assumiram um papel essencial na representação social dos refugiados. Em 2019, assistimos a um novo momento mediático, motivado pelas dificuldades encontradas pelos navios humanitários em atracar nos portos europeus. O objetivo deste artigo foi analisar a forma como os média portugueses cobriram a temática das migrações forçadas em dois momentos mediaticamente relevantes, em 2015 e em 2019, e de que forma contribuíram para a representação social dos refugiados. A partir de uma análise de conteúdo, concluímos que os jornais analisados subvalorizaram os refugiados enquanto indivíduos com identidade própria, reduzindo-os a um grupo homogéneo e sem voz. Esta tendência, já presente em 2015, acentuou-se em 2019 com a ausência de artigos explicativos, com a predominância de uma visão ocidental e uma dependência das agências de notícias. |
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refugees social representations human rights journalism migratory crisis forced migration refugiados representações sociais jornalismo de direitos humanos crise migratória migração forçada Santos-Silva, Dora Guerreiro, Débora Media and forced migrations: social representations of refugees in the Portuguese media in two mediatic peaks (2015 and 2019) |
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Forced migration movements marked the economic, political, and social agenda in 2015. Consequently, these events also determined the agenda of the media, which took on an essential role in the social representation of refugees. In 2019, when humanitarian ships found it hard to dock at European ports, we saw another peak in media coverage. The purpose of this article is to analyse how the Portuguese media covered the theme of forced migration during two of the most relevant moments (2015 and 2019) and thus, how they contributed to the social representation of refugees. After a content analysis, we concluded that the newspapers on which our study focused undervalued refugees as individuals with their own identity, reducing them to a homogeneous and voiceless group. This trend, already present in 2015, was further emphasised in 2019. There was a clear absence of explanatory articles, with the media output showing a predominance of western perspective and a constant reliance on news agencies as sources. |
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Santos-Silva, Dora Guerreiro, Débora |
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Santos-Silva, Dora Guerreiro, Débora |
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Santos-Silva, Dora |
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Media and forced migrations: social representations of refugees in the Portuguese media in two mediatic peaks (2015 and 2019) |
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Media and forced migrations: social representations of refugees in the Portuguese media in two mediatic peaks (2015 and 2019) |
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Media and forced migrations: social representations of refugees in the Portuguese media in two mediatic peaks (2015 and 2019) |
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Media and forced migrations: social representations of refugees in the Portuguese media in two mediatic peaks (2015 and 2019) |
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Media and forced migrations: social representations of refugees in the Portuguese media in two mediatic peaks (2015 and 2019) |
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media and forced migrations: social representations of refugees in the portuguese media in two mediatic peaks (2015 and 2019) |
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Comunicação e sociedade |
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2021 |
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