Deep dive into migration narratives

Two chapters specifically address the cross-cutting issue of migration narratives:

World Migration Report 2022, chapter 8 – “Disinformation about migration: An age-old issue with new tech dimensions”

The chapter is organized in different sections that respectively cover:

• Concepts
  • Key definitions
  • The online disinformation process
• Contexts
  • Society and politics
  • Media
• Building societal resilience to disinformation
  • Information corrections and pre-bunking
  • Stopping the spread of disinformation
  • Trusted and accessible information sources
• Issues and challenges
  • Knowledge gaps
  • Platform regulation
  • Definitional ambiguities
• Suggestions for policymakers, technology platforms, NGOs, media and researchers  

To learn more:

• Read chapter 9 of the World Migration Report 2022 at pp. 217-231
• Read the key findings from chapter 8

World Migration Report 2018, chapter 8 – “Media reporting of migrants and migration”

The chapter is organized in different sections that respectively cover:

• Background and context
• Media coverage around the world
  • Immigration sentiment
  • Framing migration: Competing issues, different approaches
  • Migrant-led media and journalism
• Impact of media coverage on public perceptions, policymaking and migrants
  • Media coverage and public opinion about migration
  • Media and policymaking
  • Impacts on migration and migrants
• Understanding factors that influence media coverage on migration
• Implications and future research
  • The future of media and migration

To learn more:

• Read chapter 8 of the World Migration Report 2018 at pp. 191-207
• Read the World Migration Report 2018 – InfoSheet No. 8 – Media Reporting of Migrants and Migration