Media Framing Dynamics of the ‘European Refugee Crisis’: A Comparative Topic Modelling Approach

Autor(en)

Tobias Heidenreich, Fabienne Lind, Jakob-Moritz Eberl, Hajo Boomgaarden

Abstrakt

The complexity and duration of the so-called 'European refugee crisis' created a climate of uncertainty, which left ample room for mass media to shape citizens' understanding of what the arrival of these refugees meant for their respective country. This study analyses the national media discourses in Hungary, Germany, Sweden, the United Kingdom and Spain for this time period. Applying Latent Dirichlet Allocation topic modelling in five languages and based on N = 130,042 articles from 24 news outlets, we reveal country-specific media frames to track the overall course of the refugee debate and to uncover dynamics and shifts in discourses. While results show similarities across countries, due to media coverage responding to real-world developments, there are differences in media framing as well. Possible sources of these differences such as countries' geographic location or status as receiving country are discussed.

Organisation(en)

Institut für Publizistik- und Kommunikationswissenschaft

Journal

Journal of Refugee Studies

Band

32

Seiten

i172-i182

Anzahl der Seiten

11

ISSN

0951-6328

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1093/jrs/fez025

Publikationsdatum

12-2019

Peer-reviewed

Ja

ÖFOS 2012

504021 Migrationsforschung, 508020 Politische Kommunikation

Schlagwörter

ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete

Geography, Planning and Development, Political Science and International Relations

Sustainable Development Goals

SDG 16 – Frieden, Gerechtigkeit und starke Institutionen

Link zum Portal

https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/de/publications/cc017467-53b7-4e52-b463-4f08aec3264d