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Is Australia’s Print Media Supporting a Moral Panic About Migrants?

A research article by David Eades looks at whether Australia’s newspaper coverage of the migrant crisis is contributing to a moral panic about immigration and …

Special Issue ‘Refugee Socialities and the Media’ Looks At Media Practices, Community and Representations of the European Refugee Crisis

A special issue of the The International Journal of Media and Culture titled ‘Refugee Socialities and the Media’ looks at diverse media and communicative practices about …

Reporting Humanitarian Disasters in a Social Media Age: Q&A With Dr. Glenda Cooper

After a successful academic year which saw the publication of her book, Reporting Humanitarian Disasters in a Social Media Age, and her play about the …

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Tinder Humanitarianism Q&A with Corinne Lysandra Mason

On popular dating apps like Tinder, users often post pictures of themselves “do-gooding” in Third World scenarios hoping for more matches. Researchers have begun studying …

Refugees are not the crisis. It’s the narratives we tell about them.

March 20, 2018

Problems with Girl Power Humanitarianism

March 13, 2018

Research Projects

How Nigerian NGOs Utilize Social Media Platforms

Social media is a crucial tool for NGOs trying to connect with potential donors, aid recipients, and the general public. Because social media is interactive, …

Giving and humanitarianism within Islam

May 21, 2019

“Volunteer Humanitarianism”: How Volunteers Helped Calais Asylum seekers fight the Lack of Institutional Support

May 15, 2019

Humanitarian News Research Network

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Is Australia’s Print Media Supporting a Moral Panic About Migrants?

Special Issue ‘Refugee Socialities and the Media’ Looks At Media Practices, Community and Representations of the European Refugee Crisis

Reporting Humanitarian Disasters in a Social Media Age: Q&A With Dr. Glenda Cooper

Preventing hate speech & the challenges of reporting in the Middle East – Interview with media researcher Dr Zahera Harb

How Nigerian NGOs Utilize Social Media Platforms

Giving and humanitarianism within Islam

“Volunteer Humanitarianism”: How Volunteers Helped Calais Asylum seekers fight the Lack of Institutional Support

Refugees are not the crisis. It’s the narratives we tell about them.

Problems with Girl Power Humanitarianism

Giving and humanitarianism within Islam

“Volunteer Humanitarianism”: How Volunteers Helped Calais Asylum seekers fight the Lack of Institutional Support