From design to use: Studying app infrastructures and their shaping of migrants’ practices of navigation Olga Usachova (University of Padua) Taking into account the increasing reliance on the digital technology in all spheres of everyday life, and especially the focus on the digitalization of migration governance, scholars working in the field of media and digital migration studies argue that the u. [...] As television remains in the UK the most consumed source of information (Ofcom, 2020), public service media have a crucial role as well as obligation to enhance the public understanding of the pandemic through a balanced and informative reporting which needs to be inclusive of a range of fair and nuanced representations of displaced and migrant subjects and communities. [...] The perceptions of the migratory phenomenon during the Covid-19 Pandemic in Italy Elena Ambrosetti (Sapienza University of Rome) Sara Miccoli (Sapienza University of Rome) The paper focuses on the perceptions on the immigration phenomenon in Italy expressed through the social media2. [...] In particular, the paper aims at analyzing the perceptions expressed on the immigration flows in Italy, in relation to the COVID-19 emergency and to the amnesty for irregular migrant workers implemented to respond to the lack of seasonal workers during the pandemic. [...] The second part of the workshop aims to foster the active participation of the PhDs, ask questions and discuss the possible application of MMR in their research.
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