Konstantina Simou

How Mass Media in European Countries Have Covered Migration Crisis Konstantina Simou

2015 was the year when the European migrant crisis became the central European concern. This is highlighted both through political debates and media coverage. Europe is currently witnessing a mixed-migration phenomenon, in which economic migrants and asylum seekers travel together. Political decisions are confronted with the constant production of news, which makes media a very important chapter in the European political agenda. This study examines the impact of migration crisis on national news and the Europeanization of the national agenda. In addition the research attempts to identify the differences of Migration Crisis coverage as an EU issue through national media. In order to find out if European journalism and by extent European Integration has been established or not we were doing a comparative newspaper' research examining if the EU issue of Migration crisis are covered from European or national perspective. Moreover this comparative investigation focuses on journalistic practices of two EU member states, the UK and Greece. Findings of study suggest that European journalism is a process that is shaped however a rising Euroscepticism is present through national press.