General Article The criminalisation of foreigners in the media

Topic Selected: Expat or Immigrant? Book Volume: 429

By Oiza Q. Obasuyi

The type of narrative adopted by mainstream news sources when it comes to migration often tends to criminalise migrants. This way of telling the facts has a real impact on audiences who in turn can adopt hostile behaviour towards immigrants. Researchers from the University of Leuven, as part of the Hummingbird project, analysed these issues. Oiza Q. Obasuyi reports.

For many years the issue of migration has been a relevant topic in both the public and political discourse wi...

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