Introduction 1. Refugees as Audiences of US Media in Pre-Arrival Contexts 2. Refugees' Use of Media in Pre-Departure Preparation and Orientations 3. Voluntary and Mandated Media Encounters During Refugees' First Days in the US 4. Media and Refugees' Ongoing Resettlement 5. Conclusion
Sarah C. Bishop is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication Studies at Baruch College, City University of New York. Bishop’s research considers the interaction of media and migration. Much of her published work pertains to the ways immigrants, refugees, and sojourners use and are portrayed in media throughout intercultural transitions. At Baruch, Bishop teaches a range of undergraduate and graduate courses in Intercultural Communication, Privilege and Difference, and Digital Media Culture.
"As the world watches with incredulity and shame the harrowing
experiences of the latest wave of refugees and national governments
do little to respond humanely, US Media and Migration is a timely
work. It provides an original and insightful analysis of refugee
media use/influence and does so before, during and after their
arrival in the U.S. Importantly, it also forefronts the voices of
the refugees themselves. Highly recommended." -Simon Cottle,
Cardiff University, author of Global Crisis Reporting"Sarah C.
Bishop offers a nuanced, well-thought, critical, highly readable
and timely analysis of the role of communication, culture, and
imagination in one of the most significant processes at work in
today’s global context: the complex and multivaried encounter
between migrants’ expectations of their life in the West, and the
West’s assumption of what they are and what they are supposed to
turn into as they pass through the "pressure cooker" of normative
Westernization." –Alessandro Portelli, University of Rome, La
Sapienza"U.S. Media and Migration is a must read. Underprivileged
migration will be on the biggest social problems of this century,
and Sarah C. Bishop successfully illustrates how media will play an
important role in working on this problem. The 74 interviews with
refugees are a great treasure. In this book, Bishop has given these
migrants a voice and presence." –Joachim Trebbe, Free University of
Berlin
"U.S. Media and Migration examines the ways in which refugees use
and interpret multiple forms of US media before, during, and after
their relocation to the US. Using firsthand narratives from
refugees and refugee settlement administrators, the author
demonstrates the significance of mediated discourses in refugees'
'enculturation' to US culture and their understanding of their new
home. The text brings to light not only the popular media that
refugees engage with but also the media created and sanctioned by
the US government that they encounter in their various stages of
relocation. Overall, the book advances knowledge of 'media's power
and limitations in transnational contexts.' By focusing on refugees
(underprivileged, involuntary immigrants), Bishop (CUNY Baruch
College) proffers a corrective to the lack of attention given to
forced migration in American immigration scholarship. Furthermore,
by using firsthand accounts of refugees from Bhutan, Burma, Iraq,
and Somalia, the text foregrounds the voices of otherwise
marginalized immigrants and situates them as a rich source of
knowledge about immigration processes. The straightforward nature
of the author's writing and arguments makes the book accessible to
and appropriate for lower- and upper-level undergraduate
students."-K. Gentles-Peart, Roger Williams University
"As the world watches with incredulity and shame the harrowing
experiences of the latest wave of refugees and national governments
do little to respond humanely, US Media and Migration is a timely
work. It provides an original and insightful analysis of refugee
media use/influence and does so before, during and after their
arrival in the U.S. Importantly, it also forefronts the voices of
the refugees themselves. Highly recommended." -Simon Cottle,
Cardiff University, author of Global Crisis Reporting"Sarah C.
Bishop offers a nuanced, well-thought, critical, highly readable
and timely analysis of the role of communication, culture, and
imagination in one of the most significant processes at work in
today’s global context: the complex and multivaried encounter
between migrants’ expectations of their life in the West, and the
West’s assumption of what they are and what they are supposed to
turn into as they pass through the "pressure cooker" of normative
Westernization." –Alessandro Portelli, University of Rome, La
Sapienza"U.S. Media and Migration is a must read. Underprivileged
migration will be on the biggest social problems of this century,
and Sarah C. Bishop successfully illustrates how media will play an
important role in working on this problem. The 74 interviews with
refugees are a great treasure. In this book, Bishop has given these
migrants a voice and presence." –Joachim Trebbe, Free University of
Berlin"U.S. Media and Migration examines the ways in which refugees
use and interpret multiple forms of US media before, during, and
after their relocation to the US. Using firsthand narratives from
refugees and refugee settlement administrators, the author
demonstrates the significance of mediated discourses in refugees'
'enculturation' to US culture and their understanding of their new
home. The text brings to light not only the popular media that
refugees engage with but also the media created and sanctioned by
the US government that they encounter in their various stages of
relocation. Overall, the book advances knowledge of 'media's power
and limitations in transnational contexts.' By focusing on refugees
(underprivileged, involuntary immigrants), Bishop (CUNY Baruch
College) proffers a corrective to the lack of attention given to
forced migration in American immigration scholarship. Furthermore,
by using firsthand accounts of refugees from Bhutan, Burma, Iraq,
and Somalia, the text foregrounds the voices of otherwise
marginalized immigrants and situates them as a rich source of
knowledge about immigration processes. The straightforward nature
of the author's writing and arguments makes the book accessible to
and appropriate for lower- and upper-level undergraduate
students."-K. Gentles-Peart, Roger Williams University
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