Debating Migration as a Public Problem

Debating Migration as a Public Problem: National Publics and Transnational Fields is the first book to examine the symbolic construction of intra-EU labor migration in the public sphere of the sending state, taking Romania as a case study.

This volume identifies empirical sites and methodological frames for approaching the construction of migration as a public problem. Starting from the premise that transnationalism becomes structural in setting the public agenda, the authors explore topics and arguments on migration in media and political discourses, as well as the ways migrants and non-migrants recontextualize these discourses in the process of making sense of migration, as a matter of citizenship and policy action.

Autorentext

Camelia Beciu is Professor at the University of Bucharest and Senior Researcher at the Institute of Sociology of the Romanian Academy. She has published extensively on the media construction of public problems (in particular, migration), political communication, and the public sphere. M lina Ciocea is Reader at the National University of Political Studies and Public Administration (SNSPA), Bucharest, and is currently leading the Laboratory: Communication, Discourse, Public Problems (CoDiPo) of the Centre for Research in Communication. Her main research interests are the dynamics of the Romanian diaspora and the memory of communism in young generations. Irina Diana M droane is Senior Lecturer in Applied Linguistics and Cultural Studies at the West University of Timi oara. She specializes in critical discourse analysis and the study of media discourse, and has done extensive research on the construction of migrant identities in public discourses. Alexandru I. Cârlan is Lecturer at the SNSPA, Bucharest, and a member of the CoDiPo Laboratory. His research contributes to the fields of discourse analysis, rhetoric, and argumentation theory, focusing on migration or public memory as main topics.

Inhalt

Acknowledgments Camelia Beciu/Mlina Ciocea/Irina Diana Mdroane/Alexandru I. Cârlan: Introduction: Intra-EU Labor Migration and Transnationalism in Media Discourses: A Public Problem Approach Part 1. Intra-EU Labor Migration in the Media of the Sending Country: Between Instrumentalization and Empowerment Camelia Beciu/Mirela Lazr: Migration and Country Status: The Rearticulation of Identities Through Media Counter-Discourses Mlina Ciocea/Alexandru I. Cârlan: Debating Migration: Diasporic Stances in Media Discourse Alina Dolea: The Impact of Migration on the Construction of Romania's Country Image: Two Intersecting Public Problems Part 2. Intra-EU Labor Migration and Deliberative Practices in the Public Sphere Alexandru I. Cârlan/Mlina Ciocea: Media Deliberation on Intra-EU Migration: A Qualitative Approach to Framing Based on Rhetorical Analysis Irina Diana Mdroane: Romanian Immigration in the British Newspapers: Engaging Audiences During the Brexit Referendum Campaign Part 3. Identity Negotiation in the Transnational Field: Agency and Discourse Irina Diana Mdroane: Migrant Identities and Practices in Media Advocacy Campaigns: The Construction of Claims and Audiences Nicolae Perpelea: Media Hospitality to Diasporactivism and Diasporapathy in the News Community Camelia Beciu: "Here" and "There": Identity-Building Strategies in Debates with Non-Migrants Camelia Beciu/Mlina Ciocea/Irina Diana Mdroane/Alexandru I. Cârlan: Final Remarks: Media, Migration, and Transnational Practices About the Contributors Index.