Senza nome, senza voce. Il peace journalism come prospettiva per valutare la copertura informativa italiana dei migranti

Garusi, Diego; Kalfeli, Naya; Splendore, Sergio

doi:10.3280/mm2020-002005

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“…In order to do so, and bearing in mind that peace journalism has been mainly applied so far to explore media framing of open war and conflict, the article develops and proposes a new peace journalism model, better adapted to account especially for media representations of immigrants and refugees. We argue that this new model offers researchers an analytical tool that goes beyond the traditional stereotypical and counter-stereotypical approaches, broadens and deepens the scope of research on media representations of immigration (for an implementation of the proposed model in the Italian press, see Garusi et al, 2020). Less attention has been paid, for example, in the literature to how often media content includes migrant voices as sources, how often it explores the roots and complexities of problems related to immigration, how often it reveals violence stemming from structures, laws and state practices or how often it unfolds solutions, human stories or political conflict around immigration.…”

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Expanding peace journalism: A new model for analyzing media representations of immigration

2020

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This article aims to expand peace journalism scholarship by proposing a new peace journalism model for analyzing media representations of immigration. By employing framing and content analysis, the paper takes a closer look at the ways in which four Greek newspapers portrayed immigration in crisis-stricken Greece between 2011 and 2014. Results indicate that a conflict frame prevailed in the majority of all newspaper articles analyzed. In this context, immigration was portrayed (1) as an issue that generated conflict among different political and social groups, (2) through stereotypical portrayals of immigrants as a threat to public health and security, (3) as a mass of people in extreme conditions of exception, and (4) as a problem to almost every aspect of the Greek society: for tourism, trade, the economy or even Greece’s relationship with the EU. A peace frame, conversely, was identified in around one fourth of all news stories. At the same time, findings lead us to conclusions that transcend the peace and conflict journalism dualism revealing five distinct subframes that provide a more nuanced understanding of the peace journalism concept; (1) a ‘direct conflict subframe’ enhancing division and dispute over immigration, (2) a ‘journalism of conventions subframe’ following well-established journalistic conventions with important consequences on the quality of information, (3) a ‘journalism of values subframe’ being closer to the traditional values of journalism, (4) a ‘diversity journalism subframe’, including all elements referring to a pro-immigrant approach, and (5) a ‘positive peace subframe’, closer to Galtung’s notion of positive peace.

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confidence: 99%