Framing Immigration: The Portrayal of Immigration and Terrorism by the British Media and The Scholars after London Bombing
Author
Siddique, Salman Ibn
Term
4. term
Publication year
2021
Submitted on
2021-09-28
Pages
45
Abstract
This thesis examines how British newspapers and academic scholarship portray the relationship between immigration and terrorism in the aftermath of the 2005 London bombings. Drawing on social constructivism, the WPR approach (What’s the Problem Represented to be?), discourse theory, and Laclau and Mouffe’s concept of antagonism, it compares news coverage from two leading outlets, the Daily Mail and The Guardian, with research articles on Muslim immigration and terrorism. The dataset comprises 24 news stories (12 from each newspaper) selected via LexisNexis at roughly six‑month intervals starting on the day of the bombings to track the evolution of problem representations, alongside 12 research articles published after 2005. Four analytic frames organize the analysis: immigrants as criminals/terrorists, socio‑economic explanations, immigration restriction, and a multicultural perspective. The study aims to map divergences and overlaps in how media and scholarship construct links between immigration and terrorism and portray Muslim immigrants and the native majority. The provided excerpt does not include findings; this summary focuses on the research questions, data, and methods, with conclusions presented in later chapters of the thesis.
Dette speciale undersøger, hvordan britiske aviser og akademiske forskere fremstiller forholdet mellem immigration og terrorisme i kølvandet på London-bombningerne i 2005. Med udgangspunkt i socialkonstruktivisme, WPR-tilgangen (What’s the Problem Represented to be?), diskursteori og Laclau og Mouffes begreb om antagonisme sammenlignes nyhedsdækning fra to toneangivende aviser, Daily Mail og The Guardian, med forskningsartikler om muslimsk immigration og terror. Datagrundlaget omfatter 24 avisartikler (12 fra hver avis) udvalgt via LexisNexis med cirka seks måneders mellemrum fra bombedagen for at følge udviklingen i problemfremstillingen samt 12 forskningsartikler publiceret efter 2005. Analysen anvender fire centrale frames til at strukturere materiale og fortolkning: immigranter som kriminelle/terrorister, socioøkonomiske forklaringer, immigrationsrestriktioner og et multikulturelt perspektiv. Formålet er at kortlægge uoverensstemmelser og sammenfald i, hvordan medier og forskning konstruerer forbindelser mellem immigration og terror samt portrætterer muslimske immigranter og majoritetsbefolkningen. Uddraget indeholder ikke resultatafsnittet; derfor præsenteres her primært forskningsspørgsmål, datagrundlag og metode, mens konklusioner behandles i specialets senere kapitler.
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