Gaetano Giancaspro
University of Bologna (Italy)
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Applied linguist and PhD Candidate in Political and Social Sciences at the University of Bologna. His research focuses on a Critical Multimodal Discourse Analysis of how migration is represented in information campaigns about the risks of irregular migration, and the epistemological effects these representations have on the management of human mobility. His interests include Critical Migration Studies, European Studies, Multimodal Discourse Analysis, Semiotics and Political Communication.
Background and education
- (2017) MA degree in English Studies - Applied Linguistics, Eötvös Loránd (ELTE) University of Budapest
- (2015) BA Degree in European and American Languages, Literatures and Cultures, L'Orientale University of Naples
Research
Research interests
- Critical Discourse Analysis
- Political Discourse
- Migration
- European Studies
- Semiotics
Research projects
Disciplining migrant subjectivities: the multimodal representation of irregular(ised) migration in digital public information campaigns
Selected publications
- 2024.Implicit hierarchies in the EU representation of refugees: a comparative text-analysis of the European Parliament’s framing of Syrian and Ukrainian diasporas.Italian Political Science Review,Link
