Focusing on Refugees and Inclusion in European News Diversity Studies (FRIENDS)

This project aims to investigate the dynamic interplay between media representations of current non-EU immigration of asylum seekers, migrants and refugees and governmental (i.e. State and EU) and societal (re)actions. This project combines four complementary multi-stakeholder group perspectives in a unique way: 1) analysis of news media content; 2) analysis of journalism cultures and practices across the countries under study; 3) study of societal reactions of the general public with a focus on youth as decision makers of the future, and impact measurement of news content on attitude and opinion formation; and 4) comparative policy analysis into States’ governmental (re)actions. Our focus will be on Belgium and its neighbours, each in election mode and grappling with the issue of non-EU immigration differently (France and the Netherlands).

Keywords:refugees

Disciplines:Communication sciences, Journalism and professional writing, Media studies, Other media and communications