ABSTRACT
The unprecedented arrival of more than a million refugees, asylum seekers, and migrants – plus the political, public, and policy reactions to it – is redefining Europe. The repercussions will last for generations on such central issues as security, national identity, human rights, and the very structure of liberal democracies. What is the role of the news media in telling the story of the 2010s refugee crisis at a time of deepening crisis for journalism, as “fake news” ran rampant amid an increasingly distrustful public?
This volume offers students, scholars, and the general reader original research and candid frontline insights to understand the intersecting influences of journalistic practices, news discourses, public opinion, and policymaking on one of the most polarizing issues of our time. Focusing on current events in Greece, Austria, and Germany – critical entry and destination countries – it introduces a groundbreaking dialogue between elite national and international media, academic institutions, and civil society organizations, revealing the complex impacts of the news media on the thorny sociopolitical dilemmas raised by the integration of hundreds of thousands of asylum seekers in EU countries.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |12 pages
Introduction
part I|1 pages
Policy, Politics, and Media Discourses from Fortress Europe to Mutti Merkel and Idomeni
chapter 1|11 pages
Welcoming Citizens, Divided Government, Simplifying Media
chapter |3 pages
Notes from the Field
chapter 2|11 pages
The Expectations-Politics-Policy Conundrum
chapter 3|16 pages
“Fortress Europe”
chapter 4|12 pages
The Gender Dimension of the Refugee Debate
chapter 5|14 pages
Empathy Toward Refugees, Apathy Toward Journalism
chapter |3 pages
Notes from the Field
part II|1 pages
Civil Society Responses as Another Lens into Public Opinion in Greece, Austria, and Germany
chapter 6|7 pages
Moving On and In
chapter 7|15 pages
Tackling the “Refugee Crisis” and Meeting the Educational Needs of Newly Arrived Refugees
part III|1 pages
Journalism at the Border
chapter 10|14 pages
Down and Out and Wet and Bedraggled
chapter 11|7 pages
Overcoming the Empathy Gap
chapter 12|8 pages
Reporting Back to the Migrant Audience
chapter 13|13 pages
Avoiding the Traps of the Numbers Game and Caricatures
part IV|1 pages
Journalism and Integration