Mediation of Migration: Media impacts on Norwegian immigration policy, public administration and public opinion.

Principal investigator Kjersti Thorbjørnsrud (Coordinator), Øyvind Ihlen (), Tine Ustad Figenschou (), Audun Beyer ()
Description
Mediation of Migration maps news on migration. We explore their typical form and content, how they are produced and what impacts they have on public opinion and politics. We further compare the Norwegian coverage of immigration with corresponding news in France and USA. The comparative part of the study provides a contrasting background for the Norwegian case, allowing a grasp both of the particular and the typical traits of the Norwegian mediated debate. Finally we examine the role of the news media in the loops of information between Diasporas in Norway and networks in sending countries of migrants, adding to the knowledge of migration flows and the globalization of information.
Year 2011

Taxonomy Associations

Migration processes
Migration consequences (for migrants, sending and receiving countries)
Migration governance
Disciplines
Methods
Geographies
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