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      A Bio-Political Construction: The Representation of Refugees and Migrants. From the ‘Reel’ to the ‘Real’

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      Politics of the Machine Beirut 2019 (POM2019)
      Politics of the Machine
      11-14 June 2019
      Refugees, Migrant, Communication Technology, Media Coverage, Media Representation, Thermal Imaging Devices, Human Perception
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            The purpose of this paper is to explore to what extent information communication technologies affect public perception. An analytical review of innovative methods and applications of ICT’s will be made. A deep analysis comparing local and global mainstream media coverage will be used to gauge the effects of the normalization of war and political strife imagery on public perception. Specifically a subset of migrants (e.g., Palestinian, Syrian) will be examined to assess the effects of this phenomenon on the refugee population in Lebanon. The results of this open-ended research endeavour will advance knowledge in human perception by gaining a better understanding of how communication technologies of the past and those of today compare the influx of Syrian refugees in Lebanon to that of Palestinians. Moreover, it questions how this migration influences the application of laws (that have been on the books but never applied), and what comparison can be made between media coverage of the Palestinian refugees of 1948 as opposed to Syrian refugees in today’s post-modern mobile and satellite connectivity? Specifically, this study’s scope revolves on how media representation facilitates negative or positive feelings towards the plight of refugees.

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            Contributors
            Conference
            June 2019
            June 2019
            : 119-125
            Affiliations
            [0001]The International University of Beirut

            Michel Abi Chahla street, Mousytbeh

            Beirut-Lebanon
            Article
            10.14236/ewic/POM19.19
            7a6224e7-a703-41a1-8d9a-1c7bc50b5c44
            © Aziz et al. Published by BCS Learning and Development Ltd. Proceedings of POM Beirut 2019

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            Politics of the Machine Beirut 2019
            POM2019
            2
            Beirut, Lebanon
            11-14 June 2019
            Electronic Workshops in Computing (eWiC)
            Politics of the Machine
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            1477-9358 BCS Learning & Development

            Self URI (article page): https://www.scienceopen.com/hosted-document?doi=10.14236/ewic/POM19.19
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            Categories
            Electronic Workshops in Computing

            Applied computer science,Computer science,Security & Cryptology,Graphics & Multimedia design,General computer science,Human-computer-interaction
            Refugees,Media Coverage,Human Perception,Media Representation,Thermal Imaging Devices,Migrant,Communication Technology

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