Review article
Political and media (re)presentation of „migrant crisis“ in Serbia
Vladimir Vuletić
; Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade
Božidar Filipović
; Faculty for Special Education and Rehabilitation, University of Belgrade
Abstract
The paper analyzes the attitude of the political elite and the media in Serbia towards migrants and the migrant crisis four years after a large number of refugees have passed through Serbia and other Balkan Peninsula countries on their way to Western Europe. The key question addressed in the article is whether there has been a change in the discourse during this period, or whether, as in some Western European countries, the migrant crisis has been used for strengthening the right-wing populism based on fear of Other. The paper also draws attention to similar processes on the North American continent (migration to the USA) in order to allow the comparison with the situation in Europe. The analysis concludes that compared to 2015, there has been a shift from humanitarian to security discourse, but that basically the migrant issue is not an important topic for politicians or the media in Serbia.
Keywords
Migrants; Serbia; Media; Security; Humanity
Hrčak ID:
236100
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Publication date:
23.3.2020.
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