The Influence of Media and Securitisation on Perception
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The relationship between media and perception is essential to securitisation processes. Through the adoption of specific wordings and narratives, the media can and do influence the public perception of a given phenomenon as a challenge or even an existential threat to public security, economic prosperity, social stability or cultural homogeneity.
As Alberto Tagliapietra explains in "Media and Securitisation: The Influence on Perception", media narratives are exploited by political actors, which promote securitised issues in order to present themselves as the only actors capable of providing a solution. During the years of the “migration crisis”, the securitisation to which migration was subjected led to a much worsened perception of migrants by the public and, consequently, to a greater political appeal of parties that made anti-immigration the core of their public discourse.