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Project

Refugee for sale. A multi-methodological research project on international refugee organizations' public communication strategies on the Syrian and Central African refugee crises (2011-2018).

This multi-methodological project investigates the complex dimensions of international refugee organizations’ public communication strategies towards the recent Syrian and Central African crises, thereby focusing on (1) the production process by means of interviews with these organizations, (2) the discursive practices of representing refugees, and (3) the reception of the public communication efforts by citizens, refugees and relevant journalists.

Date:1 Oct 2017 →  28 Feb 2022
Keywords:Distant suffering, Agenda setting, Refugee organizations, Mediated humanitarianism, Strategic non-profit communication
Disciplines:International and development communication, Stylistics and textual analysis, Communication sciences, Journalism and professional writing, Communication management, Journalism studies, Cinematography, Media discourse reception, Intercultural communication, Media studies, Cultural media, Fiction film, Other media and communications, Media research methodology, Visual communication, Media audience research