La migración irregular en la ruta de África Occidental: Xenofobia y discurso público en los medios de comunicación

• Gracia Piñero Piñero ^[1] ; Marina Díaz-Peralta ^[1]
  1. [1] Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

     Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

     Gran Canaria, España

     
• Localización: 1st Congress Bridge to Africa: Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, 20-25.02.2024, 2024, ISBN 9788490425275, págs. 210-222
• Idioma: español
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  • This research examines, both in its discursive dimension and inits social and ideological dimension, the public discourse of themedia of the Canary Islands against irregular migration arriving toits coasts through the West African route.For this purpose, based on a corpus consisting of opinion articlespublished in the regional press with the largest circulation in theperiod between January 2018 and March 2021, we analyze theconceptual metaphors to which the authors of the texts resort tobuild the negative portrait of this phenomenon, which they inter-pret, represent and evaluate as a threat that puts the welfare ofthe receiving society at risk.The metaphors identified confi gure a xenophobic narrative reflecting the perception of those who feel the threat representedby the constant arrival of precarious boats. This narrative constitutes the counterpoint to the narratives of solidarity also identified in the Canarian press through voices that align themselveswith the irregular migration arriving to the islands and which areexamined in other papers.