Narratives Around Migration

in Public Social Media

Social Listening Study

Solving the Migration CrisisBy listening to people

Is there a unified European discourse

around migration?

What are the positive or progressive narratives

that emerge in everyday’s people’s

conversations?

28 Country

ReportsPan-EU Report Online

Heatmap

Keywords:

“migration”

& “migrant”45M posts

over 12

months

10,000+

sample per

country 100+

native

analysts

Buzz size does not correlate with the number

of refugees*

Conversation size compared to population (2017) Number of refugees compared to population (2015)

Economy DemographyHumanitarian-

ismIdentity Security

“We just can’t

afford these

people anymore!”

“Can migration

soothe the

demographic

crisis?”

“Refugees

deserve help –

especially if they

stay in their own

country”

“Soon enough

we’ll all be living

under Sharia law”

“These people will

rape my daughter”

Narrative Sizes

Slovakia: Compassion vs. the Rise of the Far-right

Slovakia: Following the European trend

Personal safety

Economic safety

Cultural-communal

safety

identity

security

Migration-related Political Communication in

the Post-Fact Era

1. Take ownership

2. Focus on local problems

3. Address the anxieties

4. Expose the anti-immigrant narrative

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