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Migration, Metaphor and Myth in Media Representations: The Ideological Dichotomy of “Them†and “Usâ€

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  • Liudmila Arcimaviciene
  • Sercan Hamza Baglama

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By focussing on the dichotomized metaphorical strategy and myth creation, this study aims to analyze how the U.S. and the European Union (EU) media respond to the entrenched metaphor of migration and refugee “crisis†. In this respect, the U.S. and the EU media sources covering the time period from 2015 to 2016 were collected and analyzed in the theoretical framework of conceptual metaphor theory and critical metaphor analysis. By applying the metaphor identification procedure, it has been determined that most of the media narratives contribute to further developing the central bias of migration by means of metaphorical delegitimization that is discursively construed through the binary opposition between “them†and “us.†The metaphorical representation has been grouped into two kinds of ideologically represented story lines: (a) the myth of dehumanization, realized through the metaphors of Objects and Commodities; and (b) the myth of moral authority, realized through the metaphors of Natural Phenomena, Crime, and Terrorism. The findings have shown that most of the media narratives both delegitimize and stigmatize the status of a migrant by deeper entrenching the “outsider†stereotype and, therefore, create the general feelings of instability and intolerance within the EU.

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  • Liudmila Arcimaviciene & Sercan Hamza Baglama, 2018. "Migration, Metaphor and Myth in Media Representations: The Ideological Dichotomy of “Them†and “Usâ€," SAGE Open, , vol. 8(2), pages 21582440187, May.
  • Handle: RePEc:sae:sagope:v:8:y:2018:i:2:p:2158244018768657
    DOI: 10.1177/2158244018768657
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    1. Wei Miao & Hua Shi, 2023. "From National Memory to Self-Referential Symbol: The Rebirth of the Phoenix Metaphors among Chinese Immigrant Women," SAGE Open, , vol. 13(1), pages 21582440221, January.
    2. Saifullahi Sani Ibrahim & Huseyin Ozdeser & Behiye Cavusoglu & Aminu Abdullahi Shagali, 2021. "Rural Migration and Relative Deprivation in Agro-Pastoral Communities Under the Threat of Cattle Rustling in Nigeria," SAGE Open, , vol. 11(1), pages 21582440209, January.
    3. Elona Dhëmbo & Erka Çaro & Julia Hoxha, 2021. "“Our migrant” and “the other migrant”: migration discourse in the Albanian media, 2015–2018," Palgrave Communications, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 8(1), pages 1-10, December.

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