Debating Migration as a Public Problem: National Publics and Transnational Fields

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This volume identifies empirical sites and methodological frames for approaching the construction of migration as a public problem. Starting from the premise that transnationalism becomes structural in setting the public agenda, the authors explore topics and arguments on migration in media and political discourses, as well as the ways migrants and non-migrants recontextualize these discourses in the process of making sense of migration, as a matter of citizenship and policy action. This book addresses academics, researchers and students in the fields of communication, discourse studies and social sciences, who are interested in theoretical and methodological frameworks with a wide applicability to the study of migration in public discourse and in insightful case studies on Romanian intra-EU migration, highly relevant for the current media and political developments in the European Union. Acknowledgments Camelia Beciu / Malina Ciocea / Irina Diana Madroane / Alexandru I. Carlan: Introduction: Intra-EU Labor Migration and Transnationalism in Media Discourses: A Public Problem Approach Part 1. Intra-EU Labor Migration in the Media of the Sending Country: Between Instrumentalization and Empowerment Camelia Beciu / Mirela Lazar: Migration and Country Status: The Rearticulation of Identities Through Media Counter-Discourses Malina Ciocea / Alexandru I. Carlan: Debating Migration: Diasporic Stances in Media Discourse Alina Dolea: The Impact of Migration on the Construction of Romania's Country Image: Two Intersecting Public Problems Part 2. Intra-EU Labor Migration and Deliberative Practices in the Public Sphere Alexandru I. Carlan / Malina Ciocea: Media Deliberation on Intra-EU Migration: A Qualitative Approach to Framing Based on Rhetorical Analysis Irina Diana Madroane: Romanian Immigration in the British Newspapers: Engaging Audiences During the Brexit Referendum Campaign Part 3. Identity Negotiation in the Transnational Field: Agency and Discourse Irina Diana Madroane: Migrant Identities and Practices in Media Advocacy Campaigns: The Construction of Claims and Audiences Nicolae Perpelea: Media Hospitality to Diasporactivism and Diasporapathy in the News Community Camelia Beciu: "Here" and "There": Identity-Building Strategies in Debates with Non-Migrants Camelia Beciu / Malina Ciocea / Irina Diana Madroane / Alexandru I. Carlan: Final Remarks: Media, Migration, and Transnational Practices About the Contributors Index