Media Representations of Immigrants in Italy
Framing Real and Symbolic Borders
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5721907 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Marco Bruno (0000-0002-7667-308X, Sapienza University of Rome, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue | 46 |
| Pages | 45-58 |
| Publication date | 2016-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | REMHU Revista Interdisciplinar da Mobilidade Humana (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1980-8585 • E-ISSN: 2237-9843 |
| Publisher | FapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1590/1980-85852503880004604 |
| OpenAlex | W2368212642 |
| SCIELO_PID | S1980-85852016000100045 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 16 |
| References cited | 11 |
The "need" to build walls and barriers, restore boundaries, restraining "waves" of refugees and migrants, appears one of the most urgent priorities involving European countries. In Italian media and political debate this theme has been very important in last years also regard a peculiar kind of border, the maritime one, for the centrality acquired by Lampedusa and other coasts, also as symbolic space of construction of relationship with the "Other". On the other hand, the media defined also "symbolic internal borders", by focusing on certain themes or images of migrations. The contribution aims to explore and deconstruct the main mechanisms of representation and news-media construction of immigrant image in Italy. Through frame analysis (mostly carried out with qualitative and non-standard methods) will be enlightened three main discursive dimensions: a) the so-called "landing emergency" (as external border); b) the central interest on crime news where immigrants are protagonists, and c) the cultural-religious dimension of immigration (both as internal border
Content analysis · Frame analysis · Geography · Immigration · Media studies · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Refugee · Social science · Sociology · The Symbolic · Computer Science · Gender Studies · Italian Fascism and Post-war Society · Law · Linguistic Studies and Language Acquisition · Media Studies and Communication · Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 16 |
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| Citations per year | 1,78 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2025 (9) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 15 |