Media, Central American Refugees, and the U.S. Border Crisis: Security Discourses, Immigrant Demonization, and the Perpetuation of Violence

by Adrian Bergmann and Robin Andersen

This book identifies the history, conventions, and uses of security discourses, and argues that such language and media frames distort information and mislead the public, misidentify the focus of concern, and omit narratives able to recognize the causes and solutions to humanitarian crises.

What has been identified as a crisis at the border is better understood as an on-going crisis of violence, building over decades, that has forced...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1032092017
• ISBN13: 9781032092010
• Release Date: June 2021
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 156 Pages
• Weight: 0.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.5" x 8.5"