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Infantilizing the Refugees as a Means of Political Domination
Infantilizing the Refugees as a Means of Political Domination

The case of the Ert’s news bulletins in Arabic

Author(s): Christos Avramidis, Alexandros Minotakis
Subject(s): Media studies, Migration Studies
Published by: Fakultet za medije i komunikacije - Univerzitet Singidunum
Keywords: refugees; Greece; public television; representation; media

Summary/Abstract: The very term “refugee crisis” is a construct of the media that does not correspond to a specific scientific terminology, as we are led to believe. In an attempt to connect the media representations with their political corollaries, we will examine the news bulletins in Arabic, broadcast by the ERT, the Greek public television. We maintain that, despite their emancipatory potentials, the news bulletins in Arabic constitute a new mode of subordinating the refugees to policies that undermine their basic rights, while infantilizing them.

  • Issue Year: 6/2017
  • Issue No: 12
  • Page Range: 51-66
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: English
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