ABSTRACT

Media representation of refugees, asylum seekers, and immigrants has emerged as an important area of research. This study offers a systematic overview of the objects and key characteristics of the field. We analyse 119 scholarly articles collected from the EBSCO database. Our results show that research activity has increased dramatically since 2010. However, this increase was not equally distributed; countries that have received the largest numbers of refugees were often among the least studied. Qualitative approaches outnumbered quantitative approaches, and print rather than TV or online outlets remained the preferred media type. Analysis shows an utter lack of research outside the European and North American contexts and highlights the need for more comparative and longitudinal studies.

摘要

难民、寻求庇护者和移民的媒体代表已成为一个重要的研究领域。本研究系统地概述了该领域的对象和关键特征。我们分析了从 EBSCO 数据库收集的 119 篇学术文章。我们的研究结果表明，自 2010 年以来，研究活动急剧增加。接收最多难民的国家往往是研究最少的国家。定性方法的数量超过了定量方法，印刷而不是电视或在线渠道仍然是首选媒体类型。分析表明，在欧洲和北美范围之外完全缺乏研究，并强调需要进行更多的比较和纵向研究。