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Lost in Translation: The Misinformed Journey of Migrants Across Italy (Internews report 2017)

May 28, 2017

In April 2017, an Internews team conducted a rapid assessment on information needs among refugees and migrants in Italy, visiting formal reception facilities (hotspot, CAS, CARA) in Lampedusa, Agrigento, Catania, and informal centers in Ventimiglia and Rome.

The numbers of people attempting to reach Italy from points in North Africa (namely, Libya) through extremely dangerous routes, as well as those who perish on the journey, are staggering. It is impossible to know how many deaths occur while traversing the African continent, or while in captivity in Libya. One migrant said, ominously, “for every 1,000 of us there are here (in Italy), 5,000 have died along the way.” Before they board overcrowded wooden boats or dinghies destined for Italian shores, migrants report being tortured and held for ransom, arbitrary and prolonged detention, as well as brutal sexual abuse while they are in Libya. Their phones are taken, and they have no means of accessing critical services or information.

Migrants embark on a months-long (or more) journey without realizing how dire it is, or the brutality that awaits them in Libya. When asked if they would make the voyage again, knowing what they know now, an overwhelming number of migrants said that they would surely not. Countries of origin and transit are as critical to the information landscape as is Italy itself, and this is why finding an effective way to bring narratives about the journey back to countries of origin is a critical piece in the puzzle of the European migration crisis.

Lost in Translation examines the critical role of local media and provides recommendations for addressing the information void contributing to the refugee crisis.

Filed Under: Humanitarian, Italy, Libya, Media Development, Migration, Refugees and IDPs

New Media and Communication volume: ‘Peacebuilding and New Media’

February 27, 2016

Media and Communication is an international open access journal dedicated to a wide variety of basic and applied research in communication and its related fields. It aims to provide a research forum on the social and cultural relevance of media and communication processes.

Their latest volume [Vol 4, No 1 (2016)] has a special focus on ‘Peacebuilding in the Age of New Media’ and considers several global case studies.

Table of Contents:
– Peacebuilding in the Age of New Media
– Elicitive Conflict Transformation and New Media: In Search for a Common Ground
– Likes for Peace: Can Facebook Promote Dialogue in the Israelia/Palestinian Conflict?
– Fields and Facebook: Grassroots Activism and Archiving the Peace that Will Have Come in Israel/Palestine
– Internet Censorship Circumvention Tools: Escaping the Control of the Syrian Regime
– EU Armed Forces Use of Social Media in Areas of Deployment
– Building Peace through Journalism in the Social/Alternate Media
– Awareness towards Peace Journalism among Foreign Correspondents in Africa

Filed Under: ICT4D (Information Communication Technologies for Development), Israel, Libya, Palestinian Territories, Peace & Social Cohesion, Publications (published in print and/or online), Social Media Tagged With: Africa, Conflict, Peacebuilding, Social Media. Journalism

After the Arab uprisings – prospects for a media that serves the public (BBC Media Action Policy Briefing, 2015)

September 24, 2015

This briefing explores the evolving relationship between media and politics in the period following the Arab uprisings of 2011.

Overview: Over the past several years, the Arab world has been characterised by an increasingly polarised political discourse. ‘After the Arab uprisings: the prospects for a media that serves the public’ argues that national broadcasters have the potential to help to bridge some of these social divides if these institutions can be reformed to serve public, rather than state, interests. To make this case, the briefing looks at four countries undergoing political change – Libya, Egypt, Lebanon and Tunisia – to examine the potential for national broadcasters to play a role that is more explicitly geared towards social cohesion.

The briefing finds that:

  • National broadcasters can fulfil a public service mission by instilling the twin public service values of universality and diversity into their programming, underpinned by a clear commitment to editorial independence.
  • Formats that enable inclusive dialogue, rational debate and clear and trusted information can, at least in theory, mitigate conflict by facilitating tolerance, mutual understanding and representation.
  • In all four cases, while the potential to deliver such programming is there, its ultimate realisation hinges critically on a politically enabling environment that does not, by and large, yet exist.

Click here for full briefing.

Filed Under: Egypt, Lebanon, Libya, Media Development, Peace & Social Cohesion, Tunisia Tagged With: Arab Spring

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