La voz del refugiado
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La voz del refugiadoAutoría
Tutor/Supervisor; Universidad.Departamento
López-Meri, Amparo; Universitat Jaume I. Departament de Ciències de la ComunicacióFecha de publicación
2021-06-09Editor
Universitat Jaume IResumen
First of all, I’m going to describe who are the refugees. The refugees are people
who are forced to flee their home countries in search of a better life. The chosen
topic is "the refugees’ situation in Spain". This ... [+]
First of all, I’m going to describe who are the refugees. The refugees are people
who are forced to flee their home countries in search of a better life. The chosen
topic is "the refugees’ situation in Spain". This topic is chosen with the order
to making visible and giving voice, as the name of the medium itself indicates, to
the situation of refugees who are forced to flee their native country.
The aim of the cybermedia is to transmit to the public that there is an unknown
collective for many who do not know the history behind them. At the same time,
by means of data, statistics and current events, among others, to squeeze out as
much information as possible about this group for the public. So that, when they
read, observe and analyze the pieces produced, they get to know, become aware
of and put themselves in the shoes of these people who are looking for a better
life.
With regard to the target audience, it is a media aimed at all kinds of audiences,
from young people (from 12 years old) to senior citizens. In my opinion, it is an
issue that addresses a social problem, so awareness must be raised among the
majority of the population who know how to access the digital media via the
internet. For me, the most important target audience to inform is young people,
as they are the most active through social networks, as they can disseminate the
media information through them and reach a much higher number of viewers and
visualizations.
With regard to competition, there is no specialized media for refugees in Spain.
However, there are thousands of organizations that support and help these
exiles. These include the Spanish Commission for Refugee Aid (CEAR), the
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the Spanish Catholic
Migration Commission Association (ACCEM), the Spanish Red Cross (CRE) and
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the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF), among
others. These entities disseminate information about these people on their
websites and social networks, such as press releases, reports, infographics,
news, etc.
With regard to the design and corporate identity of the cybermedia, the main
colour used is light military green, a colour that symbolizes hope. At the same
time, the "corporate" colour is beige, the main colour used for the medium's logo.
The colour used for the texts is black, for reasons of clarity in terms of readability
for readers. On the other hand, the medium's typography is sans serif, specifically
Arial. Probably the most popular of the fonts, along with Times New Roman, and
the font predefined by WordPress. This font is black to make it easier to read for
readers, as before the font was in white and was more difficult to read.
This media is made up of seven sections: the first one is "¿Who are we?" where
I briefly explain the project. This is the section where I explain the identity of the
medium and its objectives. Next, we have the section of in-depth interviews with
professionals linked to the subject.
By the other side we observe another section such as "Stories", where I expose
different stories of refugees who lived through chaos and in the end succeeded
or did well. A section that makes visible stories that are unknown or known to the
most curious and exposed to the public so that they can get to know them and
empathize with them.
Secondly, we have the "Organizations" section, which features organizations
that support refugees and work to improve the situation of these people in our
country. The aim of this section is to make the actions and services of these
organizations visible to those who need them. At the same time, for citizens who
do not know the functions of these organizations, they can get to know them and
find out a little more about each one, as well as their respective projects and
campaigns in progress.
Thirdly, there is the section "Data", a section based on showing the reality of the
figures and data in relation to refugees. In addition, the aim is to alarm the
population about the chilling figures and the situation of these people in Spanish
territory.
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Next, we find the "News" section, as its name suggests, in this section is
intended to report all the news related to refugees in Spain. Thus, citizens can be
informed of everything that is happening with these people in the country and
how each situation is progressing. In this way, they can put themselves in their
shoes and try to raise awareness in society and introduce the values of unity,
empathy and social justice for these people.
Finally, we observe the "Galleries" section where the photo-galleries of the
different events covered by the journalist will be published.
The platform where the project is being carried out is WordPress. I chose this
platform because we worked on it in class and it seemed very complete to create
a website from scratch.
Referring to social networks, they are very useful tools when it comes to
disseminating the information on my website and reaching the widest possible
audience. My choice was Instagram, Twitter and YouTube.
To begin with, Instagram is probably the social network with the largest number
of active users. That's why I decided to advertise my project on it to make it known
among young people and, at the same time, broaden the audience to include all
possible ages. It could be said that Instagram is the social network par excellence
for creating content, disseminating it and promoting your website.
On the other hand, Twitter is a social network that is growing in popularity year
after year. Here we can find a more serious and "mature" audience. So, I decided
to create a profile on this social network for my TFG project in order to reach more
people, have a more varied audience and complement the only functions of
Twitter with those of Instagram.
Finally, the decision to create a YouTube account was totally improvised.
However, it was very useful for the development of my project. In WordPress, in
order to include videos in the publications, they must be previously uploaded on
YouTube, so I had no choice to create an account. Basically, I use the YouTube
account to upload the videos of the interviews I do, so that I can then include
them in the publications on my website.
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In relation to the sources of information and documentation used, most of the
sources have been documentary due to the limited availability of personal
sources. However, in some pieces I have been able to use personal sources that
have helped me to elaborate the piece. These personal sources have always had
to do first hand with the piece in which they were used. The documentary sources
I have drawn mainly from ministerial institutions and refugee support
organizations. In both I found most of the information I used to develop the
project. I also used statistics and infographics published on their websites to write
based on them.
As a final assessment of the project, in my opinion, the fact of carrying out my
final degree project on a social problem such as the situation of refugees, in this
case, in Spain, has been a very enriching experience. At the beginning, when I
considered this topic as my dissertation, it was because I found it very interesting
to make visible the situation of these people who were in critical situations. I have
always been a very empathetic person with the pain of others, as it seemed to
me a splendid opportunity to bring out my full potential.
However, when I started to develop my work, I found thousands of obstacles in
my way that prevented me from moving forward, but at that moment I thought: "if
refugees with a thousand other problems and obstacles have been able to move
forward, why not me, because I never gave up".
The strong points of the work have been the enriching experience that I have
lived, the people who I have met thanks to the project, everything I have learned
to value through the situation of refugees. In short, an accumulation of things that
I will take with me, values that I keep in mind and stories that I will never forget.
On the other hand, the weakest points, in my opinion, were the scarcity of
information about these people in relation to other subjects with a greater
abundance of information. I noticed this in the documentation phase. At the same
time, the limited availability of personal sources for interviews.
Another aspect that didn’t work in my favour was the COVID-19 pandemic. I
would have liked to visit refugee camps or shelters to meet and film the stories of
the refugees there. However, the pandemic was a barrier to my project's progress
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and the measures were solid. Practically, access was restricted to everyone
unless you had a press pass and were a professional journalist. [-]
Palabras clave / Materias
Descripción
Treball Final de Grau en Periodisme. Codi: PE0932. Curs acadèmic: 2020/2021
Tipo de documento
info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesisDerechos de acceso
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
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