CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2018
| Author | Tahilramani, Yogita Lal |
|---|---|
| Title | Foreign Policy and Affective Framing of the 2017 Rohingya Genocide |
| Summary | This thesis explores factors that could have precipitated variations between Indonesian and Malaysian foreign policy towards the persecution of Rohingya Muslims and the Myanmar government following the 2017 Rohingya crisis. Indonesia and Malaysia are Muslim-populous nations. Both preferred to look the other way for decades while the Rohingya, a persecuted ethnic Muslim minority of Myanmar’s Rakhine State, underwent persecution. The thesis examines the role of the media in Indonesia and Malaysia to gain a clearer understanding of how the 2017 Rohingya crisis was affectively framed in a way that ended up connecting public opinion to foreign policy. This current work argues that pro-Islamic affective media framing in each country influenced public opinion, which then had an effect on the country’s foreign policy. Keyw ords Indones ia, Malaysia, Rohingya, ethnic, Muslim, ASEAN, affect, media, frames, Myanmar, nationalist, Burma, Buddhist, emotion, identity, Suu Kyi, Buddhist, Rakhine, foreign, policy, Islamic, public |
| Supervisor | Jenne, Erin Kristin |
| Department | International Relations MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2018/tahilramani_yogita.pdf |
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