Reali ar sukurta?: „pabėgėlių krizės“ vaizdavimas Lietuvos spaudos diskurse 2015–2017 metais
Real or Created?: Representation of the “Refugee Crisis” in Lithuanian Press Discourse 2015-2017
Author(s): Monika Frėjutė-RakauskienėSubject(s): Media studies, Migration Studies, Asylum, Refugees, Migration as Policy-fields
Published by: Vilniaus Universiteto Leidykla
Keywords: Lithuanian media discourse; refuges; refugees or migrant crisis; public attitudes;
Summary/Abstract: The article analyses the media portrayal of publicly named “refugee or migration crisis”, after a Syrian migration through the Mediterranean Sea to European countries seeking asylum due to a military conflict in the Syrian Arab Republic. The article presents research data on refugee discourse of the most popular Lithuanian Internet news portals in the period of March 2015–February 2017. The article aims to discuss the parallels between Lithuanian and Western European media depiction of refugees and the “refugee crisis”. The article analyzes main topics and their changes in time, as well as identifies the threats constructed in the media, which are related to asylum of refugees and their integration in host countries. In addition, the article discusses the possible influence of such depiction on public attitudes.
Journal: Informacijos mokslai
- Issue Year: 2020
- Issue No: 88
- Page Range: 29-45
- Page Count: 17
- Language: Lithuanian