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Ethnic media are playing an increasingly important role in the exercise of full citizenship. But globalisation and new technologies affect citizenship in many ways. In this context, the migrants, thanks to their media especially, actively contribute to the reinterpretation of the notion and practices of citizenship. This paper is based on two comparative research studies on the Turkish-language media and the Muslim media in Britain and France. It tries to show how the ethnic media have brought new opportunities of citizenry to minority groups. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This special issue makes an in depth analysis of the various and complex interactions between precarious (i.e. forced, vulnerable, undocumented or deported) migrants' emancipatory practices enabled by information and communication technologies, and the constraints created by technological tools used for surveillance and migration control. It explores the empowerment-control nexus by articulating the use of digital technologies – whether by migrants themselves, by civil society actors, or by institutions – with their mediating role in the processes of empowerment, surveillance and migration control. It gathers together seven articles that draw on original empirical studies conducted across various geographical zones (European Union, Switzerland, France, Romania, Greece, Turkey, Mexico and the United States), and different disciplines (anthropology, sociology, geography, media studies, law, and deportation studies). Building on this diversity, this collection of papers embraces the richness of several theoretical lenses and reflects the varying degrees of (dis)entanglement between individual and institutional practices, at micro and macro scales, as well as local, national and supranational levels. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

An introduction is presented which discusses articles within the issue on the theme of immigrants and minorities in the press with topics, including mass media framing, Muslims in the British press and the relationship between immigration and national security in Europe.