The story of migration attracts media attention in Palestine but is almost always being told in the context of Palestine’s own dramatic history, a new study on migration coverage in the Mediterranean discovers. How Does the Media on Both Sides of the Mediterranean Report on Migration follows migration coverage attitudes of the media in 17 countries on both sides of the sea. … [Read more...]
Refugee Fatigue, Domestic Issues and External Pressure Hinder Migration Coverage in Lebanon
With Lebanese media mired in dysfunctional domestic politics, facing regional instability and international upheavals, it is not a surprise migration coverage has been very uneven, a new analysis on media attitudes towards migration in the Mediterranean detects. The study How Does the Media on Both Sides of the Mediterranean Report on Migration was commissioned by … [Read more...]
Exiled Syrian Journalists Lead Migration Reporting in Jordan
It’s the Syrian journalists working from exile in Jordan, who are the most active in covering the migration topic in the Hashemite Kingdom, a new report on How Does the Media on Both Sides of the Mediterranean Report on Migration points out. The study which was carried in 17 EU and EU Neighbourhood country has been drafted by 17 journalists, commissioned by the EUROMED … [Read more...]
Political Divisions Drive Migration Coverage in Israel, Social Media Overstep the Rules
The current migration wave has almost completely reshaped the traditional way of reporting on the topic in Israel. The long going stories of Palestinian sham marriages and illegal Eastern Asian workers had to give way to the heated coverage on the fate of the African migrants flowing through the border with Egypt, a new study on media attitudes towards migration in the … [Read more...]
Self-Censorship Raises Doubts over the Positive Media Coverage of Migration in Egypt
Migrants enjoy a generally positive coverage in both state owned and private media in Egypt, a new report on media attitudes towards migration in the Mediterranean shows. The vast majority of media coverage paints an overwhelmingly positive picture of the Egyptian state in its dealing with issues of migration”, the analysis asserts, adding human interest stories about … [Read more...]
