The social representation of migrants in the press (original) (raw)

The topic of immigration, central to the latest electoral campaigns of all European countries, has gained space and visibility also in the Italian PUBIC debate. Like the specifically political debate, even that taking place in the public sphere and the press is strongly polarized: the immigrant is the angel to be saved or the black soul to be demonized. The paper, which is part of a research that will last until 2019, traces these different images y analyzing newspaper articles. The emptying of public opinion has created around the immigrant a symbolic space in which the vision of the present and of the future of democracy is projected.