In this book, contributors analyze the knowledge about human mobility, its interaction with news and social media, and the way this impacts the attitudes of local societies and the integration of immigrants. After a general contextualization of migration dynamics in Southern Europe and its impact during the 21st Century, the central chapters of the book offer the results of three scientific studies conducted in Spain, Italy, and Greece about the representation of migration in news media and social platforms. These studies consist of an analysis of the frames used in news photographs about migrants and refugees in relevant news outlets; a computational study of online hate speech in social media based on racism and xenophobia; and a comprehensive qualitative evaluation of the perceptions that journalists specializing in migration may have about the interconnection between migration and journalism. Scholars of communication, migration studies, and journalism will find this book of particular interest.
Carlos Arcila Calderon is associate professor at the University of Salamanca. Andreas Veglis is professor of media technology and head of the Media Informatics Lab at the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.
Table of Contents Chapter 1: Understanding the Representation of Migrants to Prevent Hatred. The PHARM Experience Carlos Arcila Calderon, Andreas Veglis Chapter 2: Migration Dynamics in Southern Europe in the 20th and 21st Centuries Mikolaj Stanek, Angeliki Konstantinidou, Francesca Vianello, Chapter 3: The Figures Explaining the Impact of Migration Javier J. Amores, David Blanco-Herrero, Patricia Sanchez-Holgado Chapter 4: Depictions of Migrants and Refugees in News Photographs from Southern Europe Javier J. Amores, Nikolaos Panagiotou, Diego Garusi, Maria Matsiola Chapter 5: Negative Perceptions and Hate Speech Towards Migrants and Refugees in Southern Europe through Social Media Theodora Saridou, Javier J. Amores, Martin Oller, Andreas Veglis, Nikolaus Panagiotou Chapter 6: Journalists' Perceptions About Migration and Hate Speech Against Migrants in Southern Europe Diego Garusi, Martin Oller, Maria Matsiola, David Blanco Herrero, Theodora Saridou, Patricia Sanchez Holgado Chapter 7: Migrants and Refugees in Southern Europe Beyond the News Stories: Lessons to be Learned David Blanco-Herrero, Javier J. Amores, Patricia Sanchez-Holgado About the Contributors
