Media and migration - JMO002

• Title: Media and migration
• Czech title: Média a migrace
• Guaranteed by: Department of Media Studies (23-KMS)
• Faculty: Faculty of Social Sciences
• Actual: from 2022
• Semester: summer
• E-Credits: 6
• Examination process: summer s.:combined
• Hours per week, examination: summer s.:0/6, Ex [HT]
• Capacity: unknown / unknown (15)
• Min. number of students: unlimited
• 4EU+: no
• Virtual mobility / capacity: yes / 15
• Key competences: critical thinking
• State of the course: not taught
• Language: English
• Teaching methods: distance
• Note: course can be enrolled in outside the study plan; enabled for web enrollment
• Guarantor: Annamária Neag, D.Phil.
• Class: Courses for incoming students

Aim of the course

The aim of this course is to introduce students to the complex and interconnected fields of media and migration. The students will gain in-depth knowledge on topics such as the news coverage of the 2015 ‘migration crisis’ and the ongoing media discussions since then; the importance of social media platforms in migration processes; or the question of transnational intimacy and identity. The course builds on both lectures and lively interactions, discussions and co-analysis of media texts. During the semester, there will also be a special guest who will be talking of her/his work in the field of migration.

Learning outcomes:
Students will be able to assess new information and knowledge critically.
Students will know the major trends and theories in the field of media and migration.
Students will be able to interact with the mediated aspect of migration through the lenses of basic human rights, cultural specificities and values of different groups.

Last update: Neag Annamária, D.Phil. (27.11.2021)

Literature

Alencar, A. (2019). Digital place-making practices and daily struggles of Venezuelan refugees in Brazil. In Smets, K et al (Eds.) The SAGE handbook of media and migration. SAGE. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/332131123_Digital_Place-Making_Practices_and_Daily_Struggles_of_Venezuelan_Forced_Migrants_in_Brazil

Chouliaraki, L., Georgiou, M., Zaborowski, R. and W. Ooomen. (2017). The European „migration crisis” and the media. A cross-European press content analysis. https://www.lse.ac.uk/media-and-communications/assets/documents/research/projects/media-and-migration/Migration-and-media-report-FINAL-June17.pdf

De Block, L. and Buckingham, D. (2008). Global children, global media: Migration, media and childhood. Palgrave. Selection.

Foote, D. (2017). Laowai: Contested identity and imagined community among Shanghai's expatriates. https://researchcommons.waikato.ac.nz/bitstream/handle/10289/11122/thesis.pdf?isAllowed=y&sequence=6 Selection.

Georgiou, M. and Zaborowski, R. (2017). Media coverage of the “refugee crisis”:  A cross-European perspective. Council of Europe, Strasbourg.

Hondagneu-Sotelo P. and Avila E. ( 1997). ‘I’m Here, but I’m There’: The meanings of Latina transnational motherhood. Gender and Society 11(5), 538-571.  Kaufmann, K. (2019). Mobile methods: Doing migration research with the help of smartphones. In Smets, K et al (Eds.) The SAGE handbook of media and migration. SAGE.  Madianou, M., & Miller, D. (2011). Mobile phone parenting: Reconfiguring relationships between Filipina migrant mothers and their left-behind children. New Media & Society, 13(3), 457–470. https://doi.org/10.1177/1461444810393903 Molnar, P. (2020). Technological Testing Grounds. Migration management experiments and reflections from the ground up. EDRi. Retrieved from: https://edri.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Technological-Testing-Grounds.pdf

Last update: Neag Annamária, D.Phil. (27.11.2021)

Teaching methods

There will be a number of required readings from books, newspapers, academic journals. Reading is mandatory, because we will base our discussions on these.  Because of the interactive approach of the course and because I am genuinely interested in your views, your presence is very important.

Teaching platforms: Moodle page and Zoom

More info here: https://dl2.cuni.cz/course/view.php?id=4445

Last update: Neag Annamária, D.Phil. (18.02.2022)

Requirements to the exam

The final grade will be comprised by the grade given for class activity (the debates) and the grade for the final project (40%+60%). For the final project, students can choose whether to do an art-based project (e.g. video, poster, campaign) and an explanatory, supplemental essay (1500 words) or an essay of 2500 words based on the topics of the course. Plagiarism is strongly discouraged and may result in failing the class.

Last update: Neag Annamária, D.Phil. (27.11.2021)

Syllabus

Topics:

1)    Introduction to the field of digital migration studies and overview of syllabus

2)    The ‘migration crisis’ in the news: the media representation of the 2015 events in Europe

3)    A city of our own: urban landscapes, media and migration

4)    Transnational intimacy: ‘doing family’ online

5)    Debate: The Merkel-selfie and challenging Facebook – student-led

6)    Diasporic community (re)production

7)    Datafication and surveillance

8)    Debate: We need that data – student-led

9)    Inclusive media literacy education for diverse societies

10) Special guest working in the field of migration

11) Researching migration and media: from visual analysis to (digital) ethnography

12) Recap and students’ presentation of final project ideas

Last update: Neag Annamária, D.Phil. (27.11.2021)