ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Polit. Sci.
Sec. Dynamics of Migration and (Im)Mobility
Volume 7 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fpos.2025.1419217
This article is part of the Research TopicFake News, Disinformation and Post-Truth Politics: Comparing the European Union and other Western DemocraciesView all 4 articles
Post-Truth Politics vs Newspaper Coverage: The COVID-19 Pandemic and Transnational Human Migration in Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom
Provisionally accepted
- 1University of Victoria, Victoria, Canada
- 2Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, Alsace, France
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More than ever in this globalized world, efforts to curb the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in limited human mobility and, at times, outrightly halted between most states. It occurred at a time when human mobility was already imbued with securitized discourses premised on xenophobia, islamophobia, and general distrust towards ‘others.’ In a presumed post-truth world where emotion, ideology, and opinions play a significant role, understanding the role of media in propagating and elaborating discourses is crucial, especially as the media is perceived as having considerable influence in shaping and disseminating migration-related discourses. This article examines the discursive trends and attitudes surrounding transnational human migration in the US, UK, and Canadian newspapers during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. It reveals a complex web of ‘truths’ and discourses surrounding transnational human migration in 2020. This study yields a deeper understanding of key state-specific constructions in the media. It provides a critical lens through which to examine societal attitudes and political discourses during turbulent times.
Keywords: transnational human migration, discourse analysis, post-truth politics, media, COVID - 19
Received: 17 Apr 2024; Accepted: 26 May 2025.
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* Correspondence: Claude Beaupré, University of Victoria, Victoria, Canada
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