The Future of Our Living Together
Tuesday Dialogue Series of the Einstein Center Population Diversity
In the framework of this digital event series, we discuss key questions related to the future of our societies in a circle of experts and interested stakeholders.
You are kindly invited to join our upcoming event:
Migration and the Media: Perspectives from Germany in International Comparison
Tuesday, 5 May, 1-2 pm, CEST (Zoom)
(with German-English simultaneous translation)
Prof. Dr. Susanne Fengler, Professor of International Journalism at the Institute of Journalism at Dortmund Technical University | Scientific Director and Managing Director of the Erich Brost Institute for International Journalism, Dortmund
Dr. Merle van Berkum, Postdoctoral Researcher and Project Manager at the Erich Brost Institute, Dortmund
Migration has a significant demographic, political, and social impact on Germany—and is also a central topic in media coverage. This talk presents the findings of a study conducted by the Erich Brost Institute for International Journalism for the EU-funded We-ID: Identities - Migration - Democracy project, which links reporting on migration in the German media with perceptions from the Turkish and Russian diasporas.The findings show a highly politicized, often problem-oriented portrayal of migration and limited visibility of migrant perspectives. The talk focuses on Germany, but broadens the perspective by embedding it in an international comparative study (conducted by the Erich Brost Institute for International Journalism, funded by the German Foreign Office) on migration reporting in eight African and seven European countries, including Germany.