In this paper we will investigate the state of Italian media space with respect to the narration of the Foreigner. Desperation and absolute misery seem to be the icon of immigration. The events of which immigrants are protagonists are often out of context and lacking in critical analysis. The media hyper-simplification concurs to a social representation of migration that is currently distorting real-life experiences to such an extent that the spectacularization of migrants brings about problems in terms of their negative self-representations. A distorted, criminalizing and offensive representation is derived. The narrative register alternates victimization and safety. The result is a mediascape made up of suffering, desperation, poverty and fear. This paper aims to show that the invisibility about which so much has been written, as a characteristic of the identity of the immigrant, finds in their negation as media users once again a space they are excluded from.

Phantoms without a history: Immigrants and Media in Italy

CAVA, ANTONIA
2016-01-01

Abstract

In this paper we will investigate the state of Italian media space with respect to the narration of the Foreigner. Desperation and absolute misery seem to be the icon of immigration. The events of which immigrants are protagonists are often out of context and lacking in critical analysis. The media hyper-simplification concurs to a social representation of migration that is currently distorting real-life experiences to such an extent that the spectacularization of migrants brings about problems in terms of their negative self-representations. A distorted, criminalizing and offensive representation is derived. The narrative register alternates victimization and safety. The result is a mediascape made up of suffering, desperation, poverty and fear. This paper aims to show that the invisibility about which so much has been written, as a characteristic of the identity of the immigrant, finds in their negation as media users once again a space they are excluded from.
2016
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