Recensão do livro Images of immigrants and refugees in Western Europe. Media representations, public opinion, and refugees experiences

Fábio Ribeiro

doi:10.17231/comsoc.38(2020).2559

Authors

Fábio Ribeiro Centro de Estudos de Comunicação e Sociedade, Universidade do Minho, Portugal / Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8071-6145

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17231/comsoc.38(2020).2559

Abstract

A child, wearing only wrinkled and dirty clothes, stares at a gigantic wall of bars and barbed wire. She seems resigned; the obstacle is too high to climb over. Looking at this picture, no caption is needed. Probably this photograph was taken in a refugee camp or in a border area where the circulation of people is not allowed. This is the book cover of Images of immigrants and refugees in Western Europe is titled. Media representations, public opinion, and refugees’ experiences (2019), written by Leen d’Haenens, Willem Joris and François Heinderyckx, which collects the work of several researchers about the implications of migratory movements from a communicational, media and sociological point of view in the European context...

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