Sold out!: A framing analysis of the United Kingdom Independence Party and British mainstream media.
Author
Baleanu, Alina Otilia
Term
4. term
Publication year
2014
Submitted on
2014-05-29
Pages
52
Abstract
Dette speciale undersøger, hvordan United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) rammesatte rumænske og bulgarske migranter, der kom til Storbritannien efter 1. januar 2014, hvor de tidligere regler for adgang til det britiske arbejdsmarked ophørte. Her betyder rammesætning den måde, et emne og en gruppe præsenteres på: hvilke problemer der fremhæves, hvilke nøgleord der bruges, og hvilke løsninger der foreslås. Formålet er at forstå, hvordan et politisk parti kan bruge migration i sin kommunikation og forme offentlighedens billede af en bestemt gruppe. Da politiske partier og massemedier har stor indflydelse på den offentlige mening, er det vigtigt at se, om de formidler lignende billeder. Specialet fokuserer på UKIP, fordi partiet er kendt som kontroversielt, men voksede i popularitet, og dets synspunkter om EU-medlemskab, immigration og adgang til velfærd gør det til et relevant case. Analysen bygger på en systematisk indsamling og nærlæsning af UKIPs officielle tekster og taler samt artikler fra The Daily Mail, The Express, The Guardian og The Telegraph. I materialet blev udsagn, problemforståelser, nøgleord og foreslåede løsninger om immigration fra Rumænien og Bulgarien efter 1. januar 2014 identificeret. Resultatet viser, at UKIPs rammesætning i høj grad deles med dele af mainstreammedierne, især The Daily Mail, The Express og The Telegraph. The Guardian tager derimod afstand fra denne rammesætning og anlægger en mere kritisk og distanceret tilgang til emnet.
This thesis examines how the United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) framed Romanian and Bulgarian migrants who came to the United Kingdom after 1 January 2014, when previous rules on access to the UK job market ended. Here, framing means the way an issue and a group are presented to the public: which problems are emphasised, which keywords are used, and which solutions are proposed. The aim is to understand how a political party uses migration in its discourse and shapes the image of a specific group. Because political parties and mass media strongly influence public opinion, it is important to see whether they present similar narratives. UKIP is examined because it is known as controversial yet was growing in popularity, and its positions on EU membership, immigration, and access to the welfare system make it a relevant case. The analysis is based on systematically collecting and closely reading UKIP’s official texts and speeches, as well as articles from The Daily Mail, The Express, The Guardian, and The Telegraph. In these materials, the study identified relevant statements, problem definitions, keywords, and proposed solutions concerning immigration from Romania and Bulgaria after 1 January 2014. The findings show that UKIP’s framing overlaps with parts of the mainstream press, especially The Daily Mail, The Express, and The Telegraph. The Guardian, by contrast, distances itself from that framing and offers a more detached and critical approach.
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