The MigraMediaActs project launches the book ‘Migration and Communication in the Global Age: Debates and Actions’

‘Migration and Communication in the Planetary Age: Debates and Actions’, edited by Rosa Cabecinhas, Luiza Lins and Isabel Macedo, has just been published in partnership with CECS and Uminho Editora. The book marks the conclusion of the MigraMediaActs project, bringing together studies and critical reflections on migration and communication, within the framework of the international conference ‘Migration and Communication in the Planetary Era: Debates and Actions’, held in April 2025. An event which, according to the organisers, aimed to “promote a space to question, rethink and reconstruct community pathways through communication, within a fragmented and polarised global context marked by profound inequalities.”

The publishers emphasise that “Spanning 15 chapters, drawn from papers presented at the conference and subjected to peer review, this collection brings together contributions from authors across different fields of knowledge and from diverse geographical backgrounds, addressing a wide range of topics, including: the debate on migration policies, human rights, electronic surveillance procedures at borders and automated profiling aided by so-called artificial intelligence; the dynamics of digital platforms and the impact of automated data systems; representations of migration and migrants in journalistic discourse; the participation and agency of migrants and other marginalised groups in the media, and other issues related to connectivity and migrants’ access to information in the digital context, as well as disputes surrounding hate speech and xenophobia. With a view to valuing linguistic and cultural diversity, each chapter of this work is presented in the language chosen by its authors. By integrating empirical research and critical analysis, this book stands not only as a thematic collection, but also as a political gesture that questions who has the right to speak, who is heard, and who counts merely as a statistic. In this way, it highlights the role of communication both in the reproduction of colonial hierarchies and inequalities, and in the creation of spaces of resistance and the production of counter-narratives.”

The book is available here

[Posted: 15-04-2026]