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Visibility without voice: Media witnessing irregular migrants in BBC online news journalism
Karina Horstisubject
ta520media_common.quotation_subject050801 communication & media studiescomputer.software_genreOld media0508 media and communicationsmaahanmuuttomedia witnessingSociologyNews mediamedia_commonverkkojournalismi060201 languages & linguisticsMultimediamedia conflictCommunication05 social sciencesMedia studiesEurope–Africa border06 humanities and the artsDeliberationSocial semioticsWitnessnews imagesFraming (social sciences)0602 languages and literatureonline journalismnews frameJournalismTechnical Journalismcomputerimmigrationdescription
In the analysis of journalistic representation of irregular migration to Europe, rather little attention is given to the variation of modes and genres of journalism. Most studies focus on text in ‘old media’ and the news genre. This article analyses affordances of different modalities and genres of online journalism in framing irregular migrants. Media framing in BBC online news coverage of a mediatised conflict in Spain, defined as a ‘migration crisis’, is analysed with multimodal social semiotics. While mediation makes global audiences witness tragedies at Europe's borders and online journalism affords more voice and deliberation for migrant sources, the frames of threat and victim dominate the news stories. Frames that depict migrants as surviving heroes who provide for their families emerge in feature genres. peerReviewed
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-01-02 | African Journalism Studies |