Framing and Reframing Migrations

Marco Binotto is Associate Professor at the Department of Communication and Social Research, at Sapienza University of Rome, Italy. He specialises in the dynamics of public opinion and the construction of social problems, with particular reference to migration. His expertise includes media advocacy, communication in the Third Sector, and media and cultural activism in social and solidarity economy. Marco Bruno is Associate Professor of Sociology of Culture and Communication at Sapienza University of Rome, Italy. His research focuses on journalism, mass media and cultural diversity (with particular reference to migratory processes and Islam), communication and political phenomena.

• 1. Introduction.- 2. Framing and the social construction of migration in a mediatized world.- 3. News frames.- 4. Media events and moral panic.- 5. Framing the migration problem.- 6. Reframing migration: strategies and agency.- 7.Conclusions.