Greg Philo & Emma Briant 
Bad News for Refugees [EPUB ebook] 

Bad News for Refugees analyses the political, economic and environmental contexts of migration and looks specifically at how refugees and asylum seekers have been stigmatised in political rhetoric and in media coverage.



Through forensic research, conducted through interviews and analysis of media accounts, a history of contemporary migration and asylum is written. The authors examine the various catalysts for migration, in doing so reveal how economic migrants, refugees and asylum seekers are often conflated by the media. They explain negative reactions to new arrivals, describing the benefit cheat, criminals and job stealing narratives that dominate anti-migrant discourse. Case studies reveal how hysterical and inaccurate media accounts act to legitimise political action can have terrible consequences both on the lives of refugees and also on established migrant communities.



Based on new research by the renowned Glasgow Media Group, this book is essential reading for those concerned with the negative effects of media on public understanding and for the safety of vulnerable groups and communities in our society.

Table des matières

Acknowledgements

Introduction

1. Brief History of Contemporary Migration and Asylum

2. Methods and Main Explanations and Perspectives on Asylum

3. Media Content: Press and TV Samples

4. Case Studies of Media Content – 2011

5. Impacts of Media Coverage on Migrant Communities in the UK

Conclusion

Appendix 1: Guide to the Asylum Process

Appendix 2: Interviewees

Notes

Index

A propos de l’auteur

Pauline Donald is a researcher at the Glasgow Media Group. She is the co-author of Bad News for Refugees (Pluto, 2013).