Migration: Mass Media and Analysis of Stereotypes in It

Abstract

Migration is a long-standing process in which the interests and views of individuals and countries collide. According to Robin Cohen, who is a professor of migration and globalization, there have been several migration periods in the last three centuries. During the period of migration, information technologies, especially the Internet, made migration processes even more unique. Our era is rightly called the information age. At one time, the development of society was studied in five formations, consisting of primitive society, slavery, feudalism, capitalism, and communism. Most analysts now argue that "society should be studied in three phases: agrarian, industrial, and information." At the end of the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st century, the world has changed completely. The development of the information and communication spheres, the dramatic changes in the geopolitical situation have shown that those who have information control the society.

As a result of globalization and the development of information technology, this process has gained special significance and visibility. Various materials published in the media have had an impact on the direction of migration, the image of migrants, the formation of attitudes towards them and their integration into society. There is a special place for stereotypes in the media. Their sometimes neglected and sometimes deliberate use in the media serves to give homogeneous and diverse people the same “stereotyped” perceptions of reality and immigrants that they don’t see. This article examines these aspects, namely the media and the stereotypes used in migration processes. This is due to the fact that several Western publications refer to materials on migration on their websites.