Beyond black and white: the role of media in portraying and policing migration and asylum in Italy

Musarò, Pierluigi; Parmiggiani, Paola

doi:10.1080/03906701.2017.1329034

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“…Beyond the physical aspect of the border, thus, it is fundamental to consider the symbolic aspects of it. Images and discourses reporting the European ways to tackle the ‘migration crisis’, while illegalizing those who attempt to cross the border – focussing on their endeavour in terms of risks, death, prohibitions, acts of breaking the law, failure of the arrival – are part of how the media and communication contribute to shape the border (Cuttitta, 2014; Chouliaraki and Georgiou, 2017; Musarò and Parmiggiani, 2017).…”

Section: The Symbolic Dimensions Of Bordering Practicesmentioning

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Aware Migrants: The role of information campaigns in the management of migration

Musarò

2019

European Journal of Communication

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Taking as a starting point studies on the biopolitics of bordering, as well as media studies, this article explores how information campaigns deter potential migrants and refugees from leaving their countries depict them in very specific ways, operating as ‘new bordering practices’ that are in conjunction with extraterritorial border policies. This article probes this question through the example of a specific information campaign – Aware Migrants (2016) – funded by the Italian Government and managed by International Organization for Migration (IOM) to dissuade potential newcomers from attempting the journey across the Mediterranean Sea. As the analysis of Aware Migrants makes clear, it contributes to normalizing a transnational imaginary into a militarized borderscape comprising places of violence and death, exploitation and detention, which is part of the complex dichotomies of care and control, proper of contemporary border regimes. Finally, the article sheds light on how these symbolic bordering practices contribute to nurturing a ‘compassionate repression’ that increasingly and silently legitimizes the difference between the ‘us’ (the figure of the citizen) and the ‘them’ (the figure of the foreigner).

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Section: The Symbolic Dimensions Of Bordering Practicesmentioning

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Aware Migrants: The role of information campaigns in the management of migration

Musarò

2019

European Journal of Communication

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“…Resultantly, it can be argued that the media is instrumental in shaping the "pictures in our heads" (Blinder & Jeannet, 2018, p. 1444. Similarly, Musaro and Parmiggiani (2017) aver that the media shapes perceptions and thus the policies related to migration in Italy.…”

Section: "An Invasion By Aliens": Media Portrayal Of Immigrationmentioning

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“…Blinder and Jeannet (2018), Gallagher (2014), and Sides and Citrin (2007) state that there was an apparent public overestimation of the size of the immigrant population which is attributable to media coverage of migration. Visuals and accompanying texts collectively stain the mind with readership being inundated by vivid images of boats which are overcrowded with migrants crossing the Mediterranean into Italy accompanied by narratives of "invasion" by foreigners (Musaro & Parmiggiani, 2017). Much earlier, it was reported that the vivid images and media coverage of migrants exaggerates the statistics of migrants leading to a crisis narrative (Moore et al, 2012).…”

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An unabating challenge: Media portrayal of xenophobia in South Africa

Tarisayi

Manik

Ribeiro

2020

Cogent Arts & Humanities

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“…The possibility to develop reciprocal trust, meaning, and hope for the future is reduced in absence of good enough relational spaces. Media also play a role in boosting the scary effects of public discourse (Musarò & Parmiggiani, 2017). In such a climate, narrative inquiry connects back to the original roots of adult education in activism and the desire to make a difference in communities (Formenti & West, 2016;.…”

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Migration, culture contact and the complexity of coexistence

Formenti

Luraschi

2020

RELA

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This paper zooms in on a part of a larger qualitative and participatory study on the integration of asylum seekers and refugees in a specific Italian territory, that focuses on the embodied experience of newcomers in relation to the physical and social space, in daily interactions with others, and with the public discourse. We use Bateson's systemic understanding of culture contact to illuminate the struggles, constraints and possibilities of coexistence and to challenge the narrow interpretation of integration as a one-sided effort of the individual. We think of culture contact as a complex, relational, and entangled process of interaction in the human and non-human world. So, our methodology in this part of the project, based on sensobiographic walks, is a way to perform and to search culture contact, by creating an unexpected narrative and dialogic encounter between newcomers, natives and researchers in the physical space, using senses to enhance a sense of connectedness and illuminate learning, hence opening possibilities not only for understanding, but for transformative experiences and unprecedented relationships.

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Beyond black and white: the role of media in portraying and policing migration and asylum in Italy

Cited by 38 publications

References 15 publications

Aware Migrants: The role of information campaigns in the management of migration

Aware Migrants: The role of information campaigns in the management of migration

An unabating challenge: Media portrayal of xenophobia in South Africa

Migration, culture contact and the complexity of coexistence

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