Is the European media reflecting the “refugee crisis”, or helping to create it? This is the question posed by Myria Georgiou, who analyses how newspapers in nine European countries covered the crisis in 2015. She argues the media should be more proactive in helping us understand the complex issues surrounding migration.
This post represents the views of the author and not those of the Brexit blog, nor the LSE. It was first published at Migration Matters. Image source: Mstyslav Chernov.
Myria Georgiou is Associate Professor and Deputy Head of Department at the Department of Media and Communications, LSE. For more than 20 years she has been conducting and leading cross-national and trans-urban research across Europe, as well as between British and American cities.
