ABSTRACT
The main aim of the chapter is to put together the different threads and reconnect them to an overarching argument stemming from the analysis of the politicisation and framing of immigrants in the Czech and Slovak media and political arenas in the period surrounding the 2015–2016 refugee crisis. Weaving together the preceding (empirical) chapters, the conclusion reiterates the book’s overall arguments, intentions, and contributions. The book’s contributions are then discussed against the broader debates on the representation of immigration within the relevant disciplines of communication studies and political science. The chapter also considers the enduring implications of the book’s conclusions for the construction of Self and Other and reflects on the relationship between the discourses on immigration and the (re-)construction of the collective identity in the two countries. To provide a background against which the generalisability of the findings to the wider Central and Eastern Europe can be assessed, the chapter provides an evaluation of how the findings of the book compare and contrast with the existing research on the same issue from other countries in the region. The conclusion further discusses the limits of the analyses conducted and arguments presented in the book and suggests some avenues for future research on immigration.
