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Title [en]
Post-migrant voices in the Baltic Sea region (Sweden, Germany, Estonia)
Abstract [en]
Today’s European countries are countries of immigration (and emigration). Mainstream news media systematically speak about immigrants, but rarely with them and often in a negative manner. Especially newcomers are underrepresented as sources and are not given a voice. Immigrants and their descendants are increasingly claiming the right to participate in the public sphere by producing their own media. The challenge, however, for today’s marginalized communities is not necessarily being denied a voice in the wider public sphere but rather an audience that listens.The purpose of the proposed research project is to gather knowledge about the role migrant media play as agents in local, national, and transnational (Baltic Sea region) media landscapes. We explore the societal conditions in which migrants get their voices heard outside their own community.Our theoretical point of departure is the concept of post-migrant societies, that observes society through the lenses of migration, of how living together on the basis of recognition, equal opportunities, and participation is possible. By doing interviews with media producers and doing analysis of media productions and reception, we focus on migrant media productions (journals, radio stations, tv, web pages, vlogs) that are produced by migrants themselves and address a wider local and national audience in Sweden, Germany and Estonia as well as in the transnational field of the Baltic Sea area.
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Gustafsson, J. (2024). Podcasting mundane practices of solidarity and resistance in post-migrant Sweden. MedieKultur: Journal of Media and Communication Research, 40(77), 54-74
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Podcasting mundane practices of solidarity and resistance in post-migrant Sweden
2024 (English)In: MedieKultur: Journal of Media and Communication Research, ISSN 0900-9671, E-ISSN 1901-9726, Vol. 40, no 77, p. 54-74Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Sweden is a post-migrant society where the suburbs of the largest cities in Sweden have become the symbol of failed integration in public debate and media. To broaden the representation, young people from the suburbs use podcasting to challenge and present their own perspectives. Based on content analysis and interviews with selected podcasters, this article explores how they position themselves in relation to mainstream media and society by focusing on their distinct media practices. The study suggests that these podcasts can be perceived as sites of cultural production where the articulation of mundane practices of solidarity and resistances are central. This is illustrated in the content and the guests that are invited and reflected in how the podcasters articulate their aims and goals, as well as how they position themselves in relation to other actors and spheres.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Society of Media Researchers In Denmark, 2024
Keywords
podcasting, polarisation, post-migrant media, racialised suburbs, solidarity
National Category
Media and Communications
Research subject
Baltic and East European studies
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-56041 (URN)10.7146/mk.v40i77.141597 (DOI)2-s2.0-85210760554 (Scopus ID)
Funder
The Foundation for Baltic and East European Studies, S2-20-0015_OSS
Available from: 2025-01-02 Created: 2025-01-02 Last updated: 2025-10-07Bibliographically approved
Principal InvestigatorGustafsson, Jessica
Co-InvestigatorGraf, Heike
Coordinating organisation
Södertörn University
Funder
Period
2021-01-01 - 2023-12-31
Keywords [sv]
Östersjö- och Östeuropaforskning
Keywords [en]
Baltic and East European studies
National Category
Media and Communications
Identifiers
DiVA, id: project:2540Project, id: S2-20-0015_OSS

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