CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2010
| Author | Egupova, Maria |
|---|---|
| Title | An "External Enemy": How Media Cover the 2009 Gas Crisis between Russia and Ukraine |
| Summary | This work provides analysis of media discourse based on articles about the 2009 gas crisis between Russia and Ukraine, which is resulted in Europe being left without gas. Using as an example of three national newspapers: Izvestia, Kommersant and Nezavisimaya Gazeta and three international broadcasters: the BBC, Deutsche Welle and Russia Today I examine how media presented the images of “external enemy” creating negative attitudse towards it. The Russian media actively portrayed Ukraine as the “external enemy” which was accused of stealing gas and blamed for the internal economic problems it brought for Russia. The Western media, however, undertook a similar exercise with Russia as the scapegoat. I believe that this case study provides a good example of the “external enemy” imaging supported by the media. Using the methods of discourse analysis based on 15 articles I provide the evidence of “external enemy” images, apparent in the language and “voices” in the articles. I have found that the media uses subjective tone when describing the events, demonizing the counter-party and maintain the images of the “external enemy.” |
| Supervisor | Coyer, Kate |
| Department | Political Science MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2010/egupova_maria-olegovna.pdf |
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