The criminalisation of foreigners in the media
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By Oiza Q. Obasuyi
The type of narrative adopted by mainstream news sources when it comes to migration often tends to criminalise migrants. This way of telling the facts has a real impact on audiences who in turn can adopt hostile behaviour towards immigrants. Researchers from the University of Leuven, as part of the Hummingbird project, analysed these issues. Oiza Q. Obasuyi reports.
For many years the issue of migration has been a relevant topic in both the public and political discourse within EU countries. However, since 2015-2016, when a large number of refugees and asylum seekers – mainly from Syria, due to the war – headed towards the borders of the EU, the phenomenon of migration has been increasingly discussed and linked to a context of ‘crisis’, both by the governments and by the media.
Starting from the latter, University of Leuven researchers Stefan Mertens, David De Coninck and Leen d’Haenens, as part of the Humming Bird project, highlighted how the impact of media, fro...
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