CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2015
| Author | Kholmanskikh, Evgeniia |
|---|---|
| Title | Difference in media representation of immigrants and immigration in France and Russia |
| Summary | This thesis studies the differences in media coverage of immigrants in Russia and France. Its objective is to determine whether the media in different countries portray immigrants differently and to provide insights about the underlying reasons. I accomplish the analysis by a means of content analysis of a range of articles published in representative French and Russian periodic press between April 2014 and April 2015. In total, the newspapers chosen for the analysis provided more than 950 references about the immigrants over the indicated period. The main result is that French media representation of immigrants is more homogenous and more positive than Russian. The more homogenous representation is rather surprising conclusion taking into account a more diversified media ownership and less censorship in France. A partial explanation of this phenomenon longer history of the public discussion on the immigration-related problems, which leads to the formation of the prevailing point of view in a society. The more positive representation of immigrants in France may be due to subtle press dependency on the government reinforced by the recent violent clashes and terrorist attacks involving immigrants. As a result, the French government, in pursue of promoting a more tolerant attitude in the society toward immigrants, can skew the representation of immigrants to a more positive side through indirect influence on the media. |
| Supervisor | Marina Popescu |
| Department | International Relations MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2015/kholmanskikh_evgeniia.pdf |
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