Unit:
Speciality News Media of Refugee FlowsLibrary of the Faculties of Political Science and Public Administration, Communication and Mass Media Studies, Turkish and Modern Asian Studies, Sociology
Supervisors info:
George Pleios, Professor, Department of Communication and Media Studies, NKUA.
Nikos Papanastasiou, Assistant Professor, Department of Communication and Media Studies, NKUA.
Ekaterini Stavrianea, Assistant Professor, Department of Communication and Media Studies, NKUA.
Original Title:
The place and coverage of migrants and refugees in France’s mainstream media during the 2022 presidential elections.
Translated title:
The place and coverage of migrants and refugees in France’s mainstream media during the 2022 presidential elections.
Summary:
Migration, as a theme, has been, is and will always be a core theme in the media sphere, especially during election times. These periods trigger more concern in the population and the voters who want coverage, but also become an opportunity for politicians and parties to spread their discourses and deliver speeches that are often personified, individual and stigmatising. Coupled with new platforms and tools of communication -such as social medias or the rise of television shows about politics and social issues, but also with a new way of making the news and delivering it, the medias were able to provide more diversified debates on social but also helped the propagation of extreme discourses on both sides of the political spectrum, undermining the traditional parties and political correctness. The rise of this infotainment allowed, under the guise of societal debate and political confrontation to attract listeners and viewers by offering entertainment and provocation. The debate is more accessible, probably funnier to watch and speaks to a population usually reluctant to take an interest in politics but ends up giving the floor to extreme and controversial speeches and shortcuts that confuses voters to the advantage of the far-right parties.
Main subject category:
Social, Political and Economic sciences
Keywords:
Migration, politics, media, social media, France, infotainment, narrative.
Number of references:
130
