A longitudinal comparison of the representation of migration in the British and Romanian press before and after the Brexit referendum

英国在2016年6月23日举行的公投中投票决定脱离欧盟。移民可能是脱欧阵营和留欧阵营的支持者争论最多的论点之一。报纸和政界人士警告称，要警惕来自罗马尼亚等国的经济移民的威胁，从而在一定程度上帮助塑造了选民对英国退欧公投的信念和决定。拟议的研究项目旨在对英国和罗马尼亚报纸语料库中的欧洲和欧盟在移民方面的代表性进行研究。这项研究将使用语言学方法的组合来调查媒体和民主之间的关系。它将通过研究媒体在选举期间扮演的角色，以及媒体影响我们对移民和流动性的理解的方式，专注于媒体和公民身份之间的联系。这个研究项目将解决这样的假设，即英国对移民的描述是负面的，特别是在罗马尼亚加入欧盟之后，移民在罗马尼亚的代表性将与英国的移民代表有很大不同。这项研究包括一个研究不足的主题，罗马尼亚的媒体格局，以及随之而来的对一个国家对人的流动性进行概念化的方式的接触。它还将对英国和国外接受脱欧公投的方式进行比较。这项研究是多学科的，其结果可能会挑战社会上的种族主义、偏见和歧视。

The United Kingdom voted to leave the EU in a referendum held on 23 June 2016. Immigration was perhaps one of the most debated arguments by supporters of both the Leave and Remain camps. Newspapers and politicians warned against the threat of economic migrants from countries such as Romania, and, thus helped shape, to an extent, the voters' beliefs and decisions regarding the Brexit vote. The proposed research project aims to carry out a study of the representation of Europe and the EU, with regard to immigration, in a corpus of British and Romanian newspapers. The study will use a combination of linguistic approaches to investigate the relationship between media and democracy. It will focus on the connection between media and citizenship, by studying the role played by the media during the election, but also on the ways in which the media affect our understanding of migration and mobility.This research project will address the hypothesis that immigration was portrayed negatively in Britain, particularly after Romania's accession to the EU, and that the representation of migrants in Romania will differ substantially from its UK counterpart. The study consists of an under researched topic, the Romanian media landscape, and the consequent engagement with the ways in which a country conceptualises people's mobility. It will also allow for a comparison of the ways in which the Brexit referendum was received in the UK and abroad. The research is multidisciplinary and its findings could challenge racism, prejudice and discrimination in society.