Bad News for Refugees - Softcover

Philo, Greg; Briant, Emma; Donald, Pauline

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0745334326 ISBN 13: 9780745334325

Publisher: Pluto Press, 2013

Synopsis

Bad News for Refugees analyses the political, economic and environmental contexts of migration and looks specifically at how refugees and asylum seekers have been stigmatised in political rhetoric and in media coverage.

Through forensic research it shows how hysterical and inaccurate media accounts act to legitimise political action which can have terrible consequences both on the lives of refugees and also on established migrant communities.

Based on new research by the renowned Glasgow Media Group, Bad News for Refugees is essential reading for those concerned with the negative effects of media on public understanding and for the safety of vulnerable groups and communities in our society.

About this title

About the Author:

Greg Philo is a Professor at Glasgow University, and Research Director of the Glasgow Media Group. He is the author with Mike Berry of More Bad News from Israel (Pluto, 2011). Emma Briant is a researcher at the Glasgow Media Group. Pauline Donald is a researcher at the Glasgow Media Group.

Review:

"This is an enormously important book that documents with meticulous scholarship the way in which immigrants have been stigmatised by the British media. It offers a compelling analysis of what is omitted from media accounts, which voices are left unheard, how simplifications and stereotypes are generated, and the consequences of this prejudiced reporting for immigrant communities who feel themselves to be under constant attack." – Professor James Curran, Goldsmiths, University of London, UK

About this edition

• Publisher: Pluto Press
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0745334326
• ISBN 13: 9780745334325
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224