{"id":455,"date":"2021-05-26T09:54:05","date_gmt":"2021-05-26T09:54:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ssrc.ie\/blog\/?p=455"},"modified":"2021-05-26T10:01:27","modified_gmt":"2021-05-26T10:01:27","slug":"what-is-migration-and-how-does-the-media-mirror-populist-opinion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ssrc.ie\/blog\/2021\/05\/26\/what-is-migration-and-how-does-the-media-mirror-populist-opinion\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Migration and How Does the Media Mirror Populist Opinion?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

As part of their third year Research Placement for their BSc (Applied Social Sciences) degree at NUI Galway, Moya Gorman, Aideen Murtagh and Jodie King undertook research into migration and specifically how the popular media, in general, often mirrors populist opinion with regards to the value placed on such migration. Under the supervision of Dr Tom Felle in Journalism, their final output was delivered in the form of a podcast outlining their understanding of the issues and is an extremely interesting and provocative piece of work. You can listen to this podcast BY CLICKING HERE …<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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As part of their third year Research Placement for their BSc (Applied Social Sciences) degree at NUI Galway, Moya Gorman, Aideen Murtagh and Jodie King undertook research into migration and specifically how the popular media, in general, often mirrors populist opinion with regards to the value placed on such migration. 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