TY - JOUR
T1 - On the Border of the Syrian Refugee Crisis
T2 - Views From Two Different Cultural Perspectives
AU - Dimitrova, Daniela V.
AU - Ozdora-Aksak, Emel
AU - Connolly-Ahern, Colleen
N1 - Funding Information:
The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/ or publication of this article: This project was supported by a Page Legacy Scholar Grant from The Arthur W. Page Center at the Bellisario College of Communications at Penn State University. Any opinions, findings and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of The Pennsylvania State University.
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PY - 2018/4/1
Y1 - 2018/4/1
N2 - Since the Syrian refugee crisis represents the worst humanitarian crisis in modern history, it is critical to examine how global media covered this issue. Focusing on two nations significantly affected by the refugee crisis—Bulgaria and Turkey, this study employs a content analysis to examine differences in refugee portrayals in national media. The results show that Turkish media coverage was more personalized and more likely to emphasize the victim frame. In contrast, Bulgarian coverage was less personalized and more likely to emphasize the administrative frame. The findings are placed within national context and their implications for media framing of refugees are discussed.
AB - Since the Syrian refugee crisis represents the worst humanitarian crisis in modern history, it is critical to examine how global media covered this issue. Focusing on two nations significantly affected by the refugee crisis—Bulgaria and Turkey, this study employs a content analysis to examine differences in refugee portrayals in national media. The results show that Turkish media coverage was more personalized and more likely to emphasize the victim frame. In contrast, Bulgarian coverage was less personalized and more likely to emphasize the administrative frame. The findings are placed within national context and their implications for media framing of refugees are discussed.
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U2 - 10.1177/0002764218756920
DO - 10.1177/0002764218756920
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85046777248
SN - 0002-7642
VL - 62
SP - 532
EP - 546
JO - American Behavioral Scientist
JF - American Behavioral Scientist
IS - 4
ER -
