@article{TEXTUAL,
      recid = {11578},
      author = {Rossoni, I. and Büyükkalkan, O. and Erken, U.},
      title = {An Image Is Worth a Thousand Words: Exploring Visual  Imagery About Trafficking in the Online Domain – an Italian  Case Study},
      journal = {Journal of Human Trafficking},
      address = {2024-04-19},
      number = {TEXTUAL},
      abstract = {Despite literature critically examining trafficking  representations, few studies have investigated visual  representations of trafficking, or done so with reference  to the national policy context wherein they are being  utilized. This article explores visuals associated with  trafficking in Italy with a focus on digital imagery  retrieved via Google. The findings show that more  “international” understandings of trafficking coexist  alongside national conceptualizations, expressed through  representations which conflate irregular migration,  smuggling and trafficking. These representations convey  national anxieties, that are reflected in policy and  practice. The article discusses how visuals can help  construct trafficking within a given society as well as  raises questions and makes tentative suggestions about  their interaction with policy-making. Given the critical  lens adopted throughout the paper – including crucially as  concerns raced and gendered representations – and its  critique of images which are produced and circulated in the  online space, this article supports progress toward UN SDG  5- Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment and 12-  Responsible Production and Consumption.},
      url = {http://knowledge.uchicago.edu/record/11578},
}