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Binary Narratives of Migration Crisis in the Hungarian News Media: Making Distinction between ‘Us’ and ‘Them’
Since the beginning of 2015 when a considerable number of people have started pouring into the European Union– what will be later labeled as the start of the Europe`s migrant crisis- numerous European media agencies were not ready for reporting such events. Because of the overall unpreparedness and in some cases, governmental tighter control, media […]
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The Visegrád Four: a new European centre of power?
The events of the so-called refugee crisis of 2015 undeniably had a severe impact on the European Union and its member states. While Germany, Austria and Sweden took the spotlight as the main destination countries, the flow of migrants that year passed through several other European countries, especially in Central and South-Eastern Europe, leaving marks […]
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The representation of (Syrian refugees and other) Immigrants in Turkish Media
While talking about migrant in Turkey (most of them Syrian refugees) we can notice that there are two kinds of perspectives which reflect two different ideologies or parties. The first one is the representation of immigrants from the pro-governmental media and the other one is from the opposition media. The first one is characterized by […]
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World of Asylum Seekers and its Image in Media Coverage: Boundaries and Discourses
The paper I am presenting today is part of my Ph.D. research devoted to asylum seekers in Bulgaria. My thesis is in the field of social anthropology but I use the multidisciplinary methodology and theory concepts. The focus of presentation today is asylum seekers and their image in media coverage in Bulgaria. The main research […]
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Burden on Society and Economy: the Profile of contemporary Refugees and Migrants
Contemporary Europe faces multilayered problems which are of a wicked character and seem non-solvable (Ysa et al 2014). Raising spatial inequalities, environmental demands, security threats, populist movements, democracy crisis and the like have pushed members of the general public and policy makers to almost blame migrants or refugees for this challenging situation. Media portray refugees […]
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The Communication Revolution: Addressing New Media’s Roles in transforming Journalism in the face of Refugees and Migrants Crisis of the South-East Europe and Central Europe Region
The failure of the conventional media to report objectively on the global migration and refugee crisis is calling for a reexamination of not only the role that the media plays in safeguarding the society but also how journalists could easily fall prey to the “propaganda traps” set by politicians furthering right-wing populist ideologies. What appears […]
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Sunday Parade by the Slovak Humanity Council
Sunday Parade (18th of June 2017) was held on the behalf of the International Refugee DAY, organized by the Slovak Humanity Council (Slovenská Humanitná rada) and the Old Market (Stará tržnica). The event took place on 18th June from 11 a.m until 5 p.m, followed afterwards by The Umbrella March (Dáždnikový pochod) in the streets […]
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Youth Forum in Skopje: “Representation of Minorities in the New Media in Central and Eastern Europe”
Photo: Marko Trosanovski (Macedonia), main project researcher, presenting at previous forum in Sofia The Youth Forum in Skopje, “Representation of Minorities in the New Media in Central and Eastern Europe” will take place on 3rd and 4th of March, and will make the venue where 50 young people from the countries of Central and Eastern Europe will […]
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Perakis: Journalism Is Not Internet Stats, It Is Reporting about the Truth
Prepared by: Hristina Sibinovska and Ana Alibegova Edited by: Stefan Alijevikj The beautiful island of Crete has not become widely known only due to the sandy beaches and crystal clear waters attracting thousands of tourists each year, but even more, it reached the front pages and the breaking news as being one of the gates […]
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Minorities in Bulgarian (New) Media
“There is a huge vacuum in the middle in which there are no reasonable, balanced and respectful of human dignity publications and discussions,” shares Ivan Bedrov, Bulgarian journalist from Club Z Magazine and online media. In our conversation with him, as well as with Biser Petkov, who is part of Roma community, we contemplate […]
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