Which Refugees Deserve Our Help?

How Polarized Representations Shape Public Opinions and Individuals’ Lives

Authors

  • Lakshmi Freier

Keywords:

Sweden, Immigrants in mass media, social norms, unaccompanied refugee children, neoliberalism, refugee

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2017-12-11

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