From Pity to Control: Regulated Humanitarianism in German Media Coverage of Refugees and Asylum

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From Pity to Control: Regulated Humanitarianism in German Media Coverage of Refugees and Asylum. / Grittmann, Elke.
The Routledge Companion to Media and Humanitarian Action. ed. / Robin Andersen; Purnaka L. de Silva. New York: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, 2018. p. 90-101.

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Harvard

Grittmann, E 2018, From Pity to Control: Regulated Humanitarianism in German Media Coverage of Refugees and Asylum. in R Andersen & PL de Silva (eds), The Routledge Companion to Media and Humanitarian Action. Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, New York, pp. 90-101. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315538129

APA

Grittmann, E. (2018). From Pity to Control: Regulated Humanitarianism in German Media Coverage of Refugees and Asylum. In R. Andersen, & P. L. de Silva (Eds.), The Routledge Companion to Media and Humanitarian Action (pp. 90-101). Routledge Taylor & Francis Group. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315538129

Vancouver

Grittmann E. From Pity to Control: Regulated Humanitarianism in German Media Coverage of Refugees and Asylum. In Andersen R, de Silva PL, editors, The Routledge Companion to Media and Humanitarian Action. New York: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group. 2018. p. 90-101 doi: 10.4324/9781315538129

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