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Malevolent Trespassers or Benevolent Guests: A Meta-Analysis of Media Representation of African Migrants

Malevolent Trespassers or Benevolent Guests: A Meta-Analysis of Media Representation of African Migrants

Dickson Oluwasina Ogunkunle, Babatunde Raphael Ojebuyi
Copyright: © 2020 |Pages: 23
ISBN13: 9781799802105|ISBN10: 1799802108|ISBN13 Softcover: 9781799802112|EISBN13: 9781799802129
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-0210-5.ch010
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Ogunkunle, Dickson Oluwasina, and Babatunde Raphael Ojebuyi. "Malevolent Trespassers or Benevolent Guests: A Meta-Analysis of Media Representation of African Migrants." Handbook of Research on the Global Impact of Media on Migration Issues, edited by Nelson Okorie, et al., IGI Global, 2020, pp. 157-179. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-0210-5.ch010

APA

Ogunkunle, D. O. & Ojebuyi, B. R. (2020). Malevolent Trespassers or Benevolent Guests: A Meta-Analysis of Media Representation of African Migrants. In N. Okorie, B. Ojebuyi, & J. Macharia (Eds.), Handbook of Research on the Global Impact of Media on Migration Issues (pp. 157-179). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-0210-5.ch010

Chicago

Ogunkunle, Dickson Oluwasina, and Babatunde Raphael Ojebuyi. "Malevolent Trespassers or Benevolent Guests: A Meta-Analysis of Media Representation of African Migrants." In Handbook of Research on the Global Impact of Media on Migration Issues, edited by Nelson Okorie, Babatunde Raphael Ojebuyi, and Juliet Wambui Macharia, 157-179. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2020. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-0210-5.ch010

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Abstract

Migration, a phenomenon where different factors compel people to move from one location to a new location, has remained an intrinsic feature of the human world. Many studies have been conducted on media portrayal of migrants, little scholarly attention has been paid to the dominant image of African migrants in the news media. Therefore, this study, deploying agenda-setting and framing theories, attempted a meta-analysis of the existing studies on media portrayal of African migrants with a view to establishing the dominant image of the migrants as reported by the media. Twenty-five journal articles on portrayal of African migrants purposively selected through online search were analysed quantitatively and qualitatively. Findings reveal that the media portrayed African migrants via negative lens with the use of ubiquitous derogatory frames which include: aliens, foreigners, purveyors of social ills, vagrant, criminals, chaotic and hopeless. These dominant negative images of Africa and African migrants portend a great danger to globalisation and global economic integration. The realisation of comprehensive globalization and global economic integration will remain elusive as long as the media continue to give more prominence to the negatives of migration than the positives. Therefore, the media agenda, in all climes, should be used to positively influence public agenda and policies as regards migration.

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