Borders in the South: Migration News in South Asia and the Pacific
In the age of unprecedented movement of people, many migrants end up in the industrialized countries but originate from all over the world. A fuller picture of migration journalism thus warrants examining news from both the ‘source’ and ‘receiving’ countries of migration. However, most of the stu...
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| description | In the age of unprecedented movement of people, many migrants end up in the
industrialized countries but originate from all over the world. A fuller picture of migration
journalism thus warrants examining news from both the ‘source’ and ‘receiving’ countries of
migration. However, most of the studies undertaken in this particular area deal with the issues
from the perspectives of North America and Europe (i.e., ‘receiving’ countries), an approach which
is inconsistent with the broad goal of comparative studies. The current study examines migration
news from both the source and receiving countries. Given that South Asia and the Pacific are two
regions that tend to be overlooked in the comparative studies literature, we studied the coverage of
migration issues in six prominent English-language newspapers from six countries of these regions
(Australia, Bangladesh, India, New Zealand, Pakistan and Sri Lanka) over a four-month period in
2014. Our study utilized an exploratory frame analysis to determine whether, in line with several
earlier studies, issues of migration are depicted as a crisis to be managed in the receiving countries.
Moreover, we examined the emphasis attached to the subject matter by the source countries’
media. The findings suggest that the media frames in receiving countries are more diverse than
expected. While newspapers in some countries follow the previously found crisis frame, others
highlight the economic benefits of migration. Similarly, in the source countries, the frames are
varied. Most newspapers portray migration as a problem to be solved, but some do focus on
protecting the interests of the migrants. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-672578da81f64342b6d29f730e7245b92024-03-02T10:58:11ZdeuFreie Universität BerlinGlobal Media Journal: German Edition2196-48072196-48072016-07-0161Borders in the South: Migration News in South Asia and the PacificJahnnabi DasAkhteruz Zaman0Massey University in New ZealandIn the age of unprecedented movement of people, many migrants end up in the industrialized countries but originate from all over the world. A fuller picture of migration journalism thus warrants examining news from both the ‘source’ and ‘receiving’ countries of migration. However, most of the studies undertaken in this particular area deal with the issues from the perspectives of North America and Europe (i.e., ‘receiving’ countries), an approach which is inconsistent with the broad goal of comparative studies. The current study examines migration news from both the source and receiving countries. Given that South Asia and the Pacific are two regions that tend to be overlooked in the comparative studies literature, we studied the coverage of migration issues in six prominent English-language newspapers from six countries of these regions (Australia, Bangladesh, India, New Zealand, Pakistan and Sri Lanka) over a four-month period in 2014. Our study utilized an exploratory frame analysis to determine whether, in line with several earlier studies, issues of migration are depicted as a crisis to be managed in the receiving countries. Moreover, we examined the emphasis attached to the subject matter by the source countries’ media. The findings suggest that the media frames in receiving countries are more diverse than expected. While newspapers in some countries follow the previously found crisis frame, others highlight the economic benefits of migration. Similarly, in the source countries, the frames are varied. Most newspapers portray migration as a problem to be solved, but some do focus on protecting the interests of the migrants.https://www.db-thueringen.de/servlets/MCRFileNodeServlet/dbt_derivate_00035503/GMJ11_Das_Zaman.pdfmigration news; news frame; comparative journalismSouth Asia; Pacificcrisiswelfare Introduction |
| spellingShingle | Jahnnabi Das Akhteruz Zaman Borders in the South: Migration News in South Asia and the Pacific Global Media Journal: German Edition migration news; news frame; comparative journalism South Asia; Pacific crisis welfare Introduction |
| title | Borders in the South: Migration News in South Asia and the Pacific |
| title_full | Borders in the South: Migration News in South Asia and the Pacific |
| title_fullStr | Borders in the South: Migration News in South Asia and the Pacific |
| title_full_unstemmed | Borders in the South: Migration News in South Asia and the Pacific |
| title_short | Borders in the South: Migration News in South Asia and the Pacific |
| title_sort | borders in the south migration news in south asia and the pacific |
| topic | migration news; news frame; comparative journalism South Asia; Pacific crisis welfare Introduction |
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