CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2015
| Author | Kadyrova, Gulmira |
|---|---|
| Title | DIFFERENT MEDIA REPRESENTATIONS IN KYRGYZ-UZBEK ETHNIC CONFLICT IN 2010 |
| Summary | In June 2010, hundreds of Kyrgyz and Uzbek inhabitants in the cities of Osh and Jalalabad in southern Kyrgyzstan were killed in inter-communal violence. Both sides suffered and committed crimes, and according to the Independent International Commission in total 470 people lost their lives and more than 2000 people were wounded during the conflict. However, this thesis is not another attempt to explain what happened in June 2010 in Kyrgyzstan. Instead, it will focus on explaining an interesting related question: What explains different media representations of the violence among the Kyrgyz, Russian and western/international media? This paper aims to explore the role of the different media representations - in the ethnic violence in the Southern cities Osh and Jalalabad in Kyrgyzstan in June 2010. My core argument engages the debate over why and in what ways we see different media representations of the same events. By looking at the Kyrgyz, Russia and western/international media, I demonstrate that these differences are due in part to the different structure of each media environment. Russian and Kyrgyz media are mostly controlled by state, while most of the media in Western countries are private. |
| Supervisor | Erin Kristin Jeanne |
| Department | International Relations MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2015/kadyrova_gulmira.pdf |
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