REVIEW OF MIGRACJE BIAŁORUSINÓW DO POLSKI: PERSPEKTYWA DYSKURSU PUBLICZNEGO (MIGRATION OF BELARUSIANS TO POLAND: PUBLIC DISCOURSE PERSPECTIVE) BY TATIANA KANASZ

The 2020 protests in Belarus and the mass emigration that ensued, in addition to the onset of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, have prompted researchers to pay attention to the rapidly expanding demographic of Belarusian migrants in Poland.Before this, the primary focus had been on the larger group of Ukrainian immigrants.Research on the most recent wave of Belarusian immigrants has highlighted a significant gap in media discourse analysis.Sociologist Tatiana Kanasz has attempted to address this in her book, Migracje Biaorusinw do Polski: Perspektywa dyskursu publicznego (2023).The book aims to provide a sociological analysis of the "contemporary immigration of Belarusians to Poland, examining public discourse and its evolving nature" (Kanasz 2023, 7).This 132-page Polish-language work primarily analyses how Belarusian immigrants are portrayed in Polish and Belarusian print and online publications.It compares these portrayals with those that dominated the press in previous years, identifies the main trends and explains these trends in the context of sociopolitics.The book comprises an introduction, six chapters, a conclusion, a bibliography and an appendix containing the analysed titles.Three theoretical sections precede the two main sections, which analyse publications from Polish and Belarusian mass media.The first section provides an overview of migration concepts and the latest trends in migration research.The author begins by defining migration and reviewing how it is understood in academic and public discourse.She further identifies significant sociological categories related to it.