CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2014
| Author | Rayapov, Askar |
|---|---|
| Title | SUBSTANTIVE POLITICAL AGENDA SETTING EFFECT OF MEDIA IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION: CASE STUDIES RELATED TO THE QUESTION OF MIGRANTS |
| Summary | This paper tries to see if changes in the amount of coverage on migrants in the media of the Russian Federation have an effect on the amount of migrant related legislation projects registered in the State Duma. It does so to find out if media in the Russian Federation has a substantive political agenda setting effect. To answer its research question the study compares the amount of coverage on migrants of two internet news sites: Ria.ru and Vesti.ru to the number of migrant related legislation projects registered in the State Duma for four migrant related “crisis” cases. This work finds that there is no connection between changes in the amount of coverage on migrants and the number of migrant related legislation projects registered in the State Duma. Additionally, the paper tries to explain why there was an increase in the coverage on migrants in the Russian media near to the end of year 2013. |
| Supervisor | Popescu, Marina |
| Department | Political Science MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2014/rayapov_askar.pdf |
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