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This article examines the process of adaptation of Maghrebi women in migratory contexts by analysing their media diet, placing a focus on women of Moroccan origin who reside in Spain. On the one hand, the cultural setting is considered as a symbolic space in which the foreign-origin population should feel interested and to which access should be facilitated; on the other hand, cultural identity is considered as something that is both flexible and dynamic. Given that the lives of these women are basically limited to the home and that their roles in the family are heavily influenced by gender, the question addressed is: to what extent does the condition of being wives and mothers affect their media diet? Concepts such as 'cultural overburden' (feminist theories) and 'institutional mediation' (cultural studies) underpin the theoretical framework. The results suggest that the consumption of Arabic-language media reflects the need to maintain an emotional tie to the cultu...
Transnational Audiences: Media Reception on a Global Scale
In an interactive and densely connected world, transnational communication has become a central feature of everyday life. Taking account of a variety of media formats and different regions of the world, Adrian Athique provides a much-needed critical exploration of conceptual approaches to media reception on a global scale. Engaging both the historical foundations and contemporary concerns of audience research, Athique prompts us to reconsider our contemporary media experience within a transnational frame. In the process, he provides valuable insights on culture and belonging, power and imagination. ‘In Transnational Audiences Athique develops a sophisticated and layered analysis of the complexities of studying media audiences. He does so while presenting an epistemology of the field and its theoretical developments that helps the reader understand audiences in an increasingly internet-dependent, trans-national media environment. This book is an important contribution for students attempting to grasp the several decades of audience research and the important and necessary move from national to transnational analysis.’ Antonio C. La Pastina, Texas A&M University ‘Athique’s lucidly written book introduces us to the major authors, key theoretical concepts and fascinating case studies, offering a panoramic view of the growing field of research on transnational audiences.’ S. V. Srinivas, Azim Prenji University 'The fundamental questions discussed throughout this highly informative and well-structured book are the ontology and epistemology of transnational audiences, which makes it very useful to researchers and graduate students in their efforts to conceptualize the object of study. It is inspiring to read Athique’s discussions of outstanding scholarly work in the field. It sounds like a 2016 echo of the foundational writers of liberalism when Athique writes, “everyone’s worldview matters. Not because we are individuated subjects living under our own cloud, but because our relative perception of the world shapes our social actions at every scale.” Teachers in subjects like public diplomacy, international communication, corporate communication, and media reception will probably find this book useful when preparing their lectures. I will bring it around campus the coming semester for that same reason.' Kirsten Mogensen, Roskilde University 'If you were in a search for a book that covers the historical context, core theories and ongoing debates in the studies of transnational audiences, look no further. Athique’s Transnational audiences: Media reception on a global scale does exactly that...Divided into 3 sections, this 10-chapter book provides a succinct, yet comprehensive overview of the trajectories that theories and scholars have taken, and the directions toward which transnational audience studies are heading, with particular attention paid to the impact of digitalisation.' Yinyi Luo, University of Leeds
Communication Arts 950: MEDIA, DIASPORA AND MIGRANT IMAGINATIONS
The term migration refers to both voluntary migrants as well as displaced communities including refugees and asylum-seekers who move because of reasons as varied as climate change, war, persecution and ethno-nationalist resurgences around the world. This seminar focuses on films and readings that can help us understand the representational nuances, ideological underpinnings and political rhetoric underlying debates on such displacement and relocation. Mapping different layers of displacement, including voluntary migrants, refugees and asylum-seekers, this course homes in on the connections between what Arjun Appadurai (1996) calls “mediascapes” and “ethnoscapes.” We will unpack their relevance in the context of contemporary happenings such as the global refugee crisis, Brexit and the rights of undocumented people during pandemics such as COVID19. Migrant media encompasses both media produced by the migrants as well as media representations that draws synergy from the debates around refugee rights and integration policies. Media practices become intricately woven into such new mobilities, as they can serve both as sites of resistance, as well as spaces where regressive binaries are further consolidated. Exploring media ranging from feature and experimental films (Human Flow, Sleep Dealer, Evaporating Borders, The Infiltrators), art works (Julio Salgado’s Undocuqueer and Ann Hirsch and Jeremy Angier’s SOS), short films made by migrant groups, and informational media commissioned by UNHCR, we will interrogate the aesthetic, contextual and historical framings of migrant media artifacts. In doing so, we will investigate the opportunities offered by media practices to bridge the gap between different models of migration and displacement. Is migrant media the same as ethnic media? Are there any overlaps between migrant media and diasporic media practices? How is migrant media envisaged on the policy front and human rights platforms? How do migrant media practices incorporate intersectionality while discussing issues pertaining to social justice? How may migrant populations intervene in issues of global concern through their media production? Through an exploration of such questions, this seminar will interrogate the varying patterns of desire, labor and agential assertions that mark migrant media forms and practices. Our aim in this course will be to think through key terms pertaining to migrant and diasporic media and use that as a conceptual ground for understanding the larger social realities that govern representational politics and media production practices.
Mediatized Migrants: Media Cultures and Communicative Networking in the Diaspora
In this chapter we want to develop a different perspective on media and migration. It is specifically not our intention to make any rash statements on the role of certain media in the 'integration' of 'ethnic minorities' into 'national host societies' (cf. for this discussion . Rather, we want to formulate some considerations on how we can capture, on the one hand, the multidimensionality of diasporic media cultures (an approach that is typical in present media ethnography) without forgetting, on the other hand, that there are typical patterns of media appropriation across migrant groups. The foundation for this is an empirical study on the media appropriation and communicative connectivity of the Moroccan, Russian and Turkish diaspora in Germany. Based on this study we have developed the concept of 'mediatized migrants'. This concept argues that we must understand the present culture of migrants as media cultures, because we are now only able to comprehend them in the context of media communication. In this sense, migrants are nowadays mediatized; that means that their articulation of a migrant identity is deeply interwoven with and molded by different forms of media. However, the diasporic media cultures of mediatized migrants remain highly