Russian imperialism, racist differentiation and refugees at the Polish borders: Media as ‘borderscapers’

IF 1.8 2区文学 Q2 COMMUNICATION

European Journal of Communication Pub Date : 2024-01-31 DOI:10.1177/02673231231224377

Kinga Polynczuk-Alenius

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Abstract

This article investigates media as ‘borderscapers’ that discursively shape state borders by representing human interactions with and at the borders and generating ‘borderscapes’ that imbue borders with social and political meaning. Empirically, the article focuses on a two-pronged border emergency in Poland, involving non-European irregularised migrants stranded at the frontier with Belarus and the arrival of millions of war refugees from Ukraine. It applies Foucauldian discourse analysis to the coverage by the pro-government wPolityce.pl and the watchdog OKO.press. The study uncovers four borderscapes: (1) the Polish–Belarusian ‘borderscape of invisibility’ (wPolityce.pl); (2) the Polish–Belarusian ‘borderscape of rejection’ (OKO.press); (3) the Polish–Ukrainian ‘borderscape without borders’ (wPolityce.pl); and (4) the Polish–Ukrainian ‘borderscape of assimilation’ (OKO.press). The article argues that these borderscapes are contingent on (1) who is seen to interact with a given border and how and why, and (2) each outlet's referential relation towards the state politics of belonging.

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俄罗斯帝国主义、种族主义分化和波兰边境的难民：媒体作为 "边境守卫者

本文研究了媒体作为 "边界塑造者"，通过表现人类与边界以及在边界的互动，并生成赋予边界以社会和政治意义的 "边界景观"，以话语方式塑造国家边界。从经验角度看，文章重点关注波兰双管齐下的边境紧急状况，包括滞留在白俄罗斯边境的非欧洲籍非法移民，以及来自乌克兰的数百万战争难民的到来。文章对亲政府的 wPolityce.pl 和监督机构 OKO.press 的报道进行了福柯话语分析。研究发现了四种边界景观：(1) 波兰-白俄罗斯的 "隐形边界景观"（wPolityce.pl）；(2) 波兰-白俄罗斯的 "拒绝边界景观"（OKO.press）；(3) 波兰-乌克兰的 "无边界景观"（wPolityce.pl）；(4) 波兰-乌克兰的 "同化边界景观"（OKO.press）。文章认为，这些边界景观取决于：（1）谁被视为与特定边界互动，以及互动的方式和原因；（2）每个出口与国家归属政治的参照关系。

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European Journal of Communication COMMUNICATION-

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期刊介绍： The European Journal of Communication is interested in communication research and theory in all its diversity, and seeks to reflect and encourage the variety of intellectual traditions in the field and to promote dialogue between them. The Journal reflects the international character of communication scholarship and is addressed to a global scholarly community. Rigorously peer-reviewed, it publishes the best of research on communications and media, either by European scholars or of particular interest to them.