Refugee news, refugee politics : journalism, public opinion and policymaking in Europe / edited by Giovanna Dell'Orto and Irmgard Wetzstein.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Dell'Orto, Giovanna, 1977- editor.

Wetzstein, Irmgard, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Refugees--Press coverage--European Union countries.

Refugees.

Public opinion.

Emigration and immigration.

Press coverage.

Refugees--Press coverage.

European Union countries--Emigration and immigration--Press coverage.

European Union countries.

Refugees--European Union countries--Public opinion.

Public opinion--European Union countries.

Refugees--Government policy--European Union countries.

Refugees--Government policy.

Physical Description:

xxiv, 228 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Routledge, 2019.

Contents:

Introduction : situating the "refugee crisis" and its sociopolitical effects through 21st-century European journalism / Giovanna Dell'Orto and Irmgard Wetzstein

Welcoming citizens, divided government, simplifying media : Germany's refugee crisis, 2015-2017 / Dietrich Thränhardt

Notes from the field: One sentence, many misunderstandings : a German journalist reflects on Germany's "we can do it" stance / Peter Riesbeck

The expectations-politics-policy conundrum : assessing the impact of the migration and refugee crisis on the European Union / Vicki L. Birchfield and Geoffrey Harris

"Fortress Europe" : representation and argumentation in Austrian media and EU press releases on border policies / Sabine Lehner and Markus Rheindorf

The gender dimension of the refugee debate : progressiveness and backwardness discourses in Austrian press coverage / Irmgard Wetzstein

Empathy toward refugees, apathy toward journalism : hundreds of thousands of refugees in Greece, thousands of stories, just a few hundred clicks / Andreas M. Panagopoulos

Notes from the field: Real empathy, fake news? : one reporter's experiences in the frontlines in northern Greece / Costas Kantouris

Moving on and in : integration through shared and independent living spaces in Greece / Sophia Ioannou with Valia Savvidou

Tackling the "refugee crisis" and meeting the educational needs of newly arrived refugees : programs for refugee teachers and students in Germany and Austria / Kerstin Lueck and Leonhard Dokalik-Wetzstein

Online fake news, hateful posts against refugees, and a surge in xenophobia and hate crimes in Austria / Claudia Schäfer with Andreas Schadauer

Trying to find the right words / Ioannis Papadopoulos

Down and out and wet and bedraggled : navigating the emotional and ethical maelstrom of reporting from the crisis flashpoint of Idomeni / Phoebe Fronista and Sofia Papadopoulou

Overcoming the empathy gap : covering Europe's migrant crisis for an American audience / Jeanne Carstensen

Reporting back to the migrant audience : Afghans' exodus and perilous journey to Europe / Mstafa Mohammad Sarwar

Avoiding the traps of the numbers game and caricatures : the responsibility of keeping the factual record for the world / Elena Becatoros and David Rising

From empathy to hostility in 127 days : the journey of Austrian press and TV coverage / Edith Meinhart, Martin Staudinger, and Peter Unger

Cologne's New Year's Eve sexual assaults : the turning point in German media coverage / Jan Bielicki

Notes from the field: Fake news and a profession in crisis : a foreign correspondent reflects on "Willkommenskultur" / Carmen Valero

Torn between transparency and stereotypes: how to report about refugees and crime / Eva Thöne

Widening the focus : why writing about migration is more than writing about migrants / Caterina Lobenstein

After the arrival : telling stories of integration in Germany for a global audience / Melissa Eddy

Conclusion : interplays of journalistic practices, news, public opinion and policies in Europe's refugee crisis / Giovanna Dell'Orto.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781138485372

1138485373

9781138485389

1138485381

OCLC:

1049574848