Claiming Authority Over ‘Truths’ and ‘Facts’: Information Risk Campaigns to Prevent Irregular Migration

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Abstract

The chapter discusses the role of governments’ information campaigns for irregular migrants within the current post-truth context. The chapter argues that with such campaigns, governments claim authority over the ‘truths’ and ‘facts’ of irregular migration. While the campaign messages are presented as reliable information, information from other actors are more likely regarded as rumours or misinformation.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationEurope in the Age of Post-Truth Politics
Subtitle of host publicationPopulism, Disinformation and the Public Sphere
EditorsConrad Maximilian, Guðmundur Hálfdanarson, Asimina Michailidou, Charlotte Galpin, Niko Pyrhönen
Place of PublicationCham
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan
Chapter8
Pages151-176
Number of pages26
Edition1
ISBN (Electronic)9783031136948
ISBN (Print)9783031136931, 9783031136962
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 11 Nov 2022

Publication series

NamePalgrave Studies in European Political Sociology
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan

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