REPRESENTATION OF 'RASIM' IN BRITISH NEWSPAPERS DURING THE 2015 PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS CAMPAIGN

REPRÆSENTATION AF 'RASIM' I BRITISKE AVISER I LOEVET AF 2015 PARLAMENTSVALG KAMPAGNE

Ochal, Mateusz

4. term

Global Refugee Studies, Master

2016

2016-01-04

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Dette studie undersøger, hvordan britiske aviser fremstillede flygtninge, asylansøgere og immigranter (RASIM) omkring parlamentsvalget i 2015, hvor Europa oplevede en markant stigning i asylansøgninger, og migration fyldte i den offentlige debat. Valgperioden blev valgt, fordi den såkaldte migrantkrise styrkede anti-immigrationspositioner hos mange højrefløjspartier i Europa, hvilket gjorde mediefortællinger særligt indflydelsesrige. For at analysere dækningen anvendes teorien om 'ny racisme' (Baker), som fokuserer på mere subtile former for eksklusion og andregørelse (othering) i sproget, samt kritisk diskursanalyse (CDA) med en diskurs-historisk tilgang (Wodak), som undersøger tekster i deres sociale og politiske kontekster for at afdække underliggende ideologier. Disse metoder gjorde det muligt at identificere og dekonstruere negative ideologier og racistiske diskurser i nyhedsstoffet. Analysen viser, at den britiske mediediskurs om RASIM i 2015 både var socialt konstituerende og socialt betinget—det vil sige, at den var med til at forme holdninger og politiske debatter og samtidig afspejlede tidens sociale og politiske klima. Forskellige medier trak på forskellige ideologier og kontekster og skabte dermed forskellige billeder af flygtninge, asylansøgere og immigranter.

This study examines how UK newspapers portrayed refugees, asylum seekers and immigrants (RASIM) around the 2015 Parliamentary elections, when Europe saw a sharp rise in asylum applications and migration dominated public debate. The election period was chosen because the so‑called migrant crisis strengthened anti‑immigration positions among many right‑wing parties in Europe, making media narratives especially influential. To analyze this coverage, the study applies the theory of 'new racism' (Baker), which focuses on subtle forms of exclusion and the process of othering expressed through language, and Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) with a discourse‑historical approach (Wodak), which examines texts in their social and political contexts to uncover underlying ideologies. These methods made it possible to identify and deconstruct negative ideologies and racist discourses in the news. The analysis finds that UK media discourse about RASIM in 2015 was both socially constitutive and socially conditioned—that is, it helped shape public attitudes and policy debates while also reflecting the social and political climate of the time. Different media outlets drew on different ideologies and contexts, producing varying images of refugees, asylum seekers and immigrants.

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RASIM ; new racism ; CDA ; discourse ; newspapers

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