New technologies are emerging at a fast pace without being properly analyzed in terms of
their social impact or adequately regulated by societies. One of the biggest potentially …

In this paper, we analyse how news images of the 2015 Syrian refugee 'crisis' visualise
refugees and how, in so doing, they mobilise various forms of moral responsibility in …

How do digital technologies shape the experiences and meanings of migration? As the
numbers of people fleeing war, poverty, and environmental disaster reach unprecedented …

Visual framing is a popular paradigm for media research around the world but its
conceptualisation remains vague and often neglects the richness of images. Just as with …

Democracy in a Time of Misery: From Spectacular Tragedy to Deliberative Action
investigates how democratic politics can unfold in creative and unexpected of ways even at …

This series showcases ground-breaking research that looks at the nexus between migration,
citizenship and social change. It advances new scholarship in migration and refugee studies …

This article argues that appropriations are central to the production and reception of visual
icons: appropriations are instrumental in iconization processes as they confirm and …

Abstract The September 2015 photograph of Alan Kurdi, a 3‐year‐old Syrian boy, lying
facedown and dead on a Turkish beach, quickly became an iconic representation of …

Aylan Kurdi 2 has shaken us from a national stupor. The image of the three-year-old, face
down in the sea, has finally made visible the fact we have so often ignored—that thousands …

This paper discusses the concept of hospitality as a metaphor for thinking about the
relationship between European publics and refugees. In particular, it explores how …